UID:
almafu_9959235967302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (244 p.)
Ausgabe:
Reprint 2011
ISBN:
3-11-090798-4
Serie:
Studies on language acquisition ; 17
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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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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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 3-11-017304-2
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
DOI:
10.1515/9783110907988
