UID:
almahu_9949481402702882
Format:
1 online resource (233 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2011
ISBN:
9783110907988
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] , 17
Content:
Causative change-of-state verbs like 'to open', 'to fill', and 'to wake' are central to both recent theories of grammatical development and theories of lexical structure. This book focuses on how German-speaking children learn the meaning of change-of-state verbs. It offers a thorough characterization of the acquisition of German, embedded in a crosslinguistic perspective. The author provides a comprehensive review of the acquisition literature on that topic and introduces a new account as to how the meaning of these verbs can be learned. The empirical backbone of the investigation are a set of carefully designed experimental studies.
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Contents --
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Chapter 1. Introduction --
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Chapter 2. A paradox: Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs should be easy, but it isn't --
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Chapter 3. Is the learning problem due to mapping problems? Testing the Transparent Endstate Hypothesis --
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Chapter 4. A subtle learning problem: The Weak Endstate --
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Chapter 5. Modifiers as cues to verb meaning --
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Chapter 6. Testing the Adverbial Modification Cue Hypothesis --
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Chapter 7. Summary: The status of the endstate in children's semantic representations of change-of-state verbs --
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Appendices --
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Notes --
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References --
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Subject index --
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Author index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238457
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015, De Gruyter, 9783110742961
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110173048
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110907988
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110907988
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110907988
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