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Language Acquisition and the Functional Category System

:	Peter Jordens
:	Language Acquisition and the Functional Category System
:	De Gruyter Mouton
:	9783110216219
:	Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]ISSN
:	1
:	CHF 159.80
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:	Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
:	English

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< >Finiteness, as a concept of information structure, determines the perspective from which the present investigation has been carried out. The linguistic status of finiteness in learner languages changes as a function of language development. This accounts for the fact that at consecutive stages of acquisition finiteness is expressed differently. Finiteness, as it plays a role at different stages of development, serves thus as the anchoring point from which the dynamics of the process of language development both in L1 and L2 learners can be explained. The present study shows that in this process the auxiliary verb (heb/heeft) serves a crucial role due to its function as a topicalization device.

Peter Jordens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

	Acknowledgements	7
	1 Introduction	13
	1.1 Language acquisition from a functional perspective	13
	1.2 Overview of the book	15
	2 Lexical vs. functional elements	21
	2.1 Structure in language	21
	2.2 Language structure in production	27
	2.2.1 Phrase structure	27
	2.2.1.1 Lexical selection	27
	2.2.1.2 Phrasal coherence	27
	2.2.2 Utterance structure	28
	2.2.2.1 Perspective taking	28
	2.2.2.2 Contextual embedding	31
	2.2.2.3 Lexical categories	33
	2.2.2.4 Functional categories	33
	2.2.3 Word formation	34
	2.2.3.1 Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection	36
	2.2.3.2 Lexical and functional categories of word formation	38
	2.3 Learner systems	42
	2.3.1 Utterance structure at the initial stage	43
	2.3.2 Word formation at the initial stage	45
	2.4 First and second language acquisition	46
	2.5 Research questions	49
	2.6 Data sources	50
	3 The Target System	53
	3.1 Introduction	53
	3.2 Utterance structure	54
	3.2.1 Basic word order	54
	3.2.2 Word order variation	58
	3.2.3 Information structure and lexical meaning	62
	3.2.3.1 VP structure	64
	3.2.3.2 FP structure	64
	3.2.3.3 The function of F	65
	3.2.3.4 Movement	67
	3.2.4 Summary	68
	3.3 Utterance production	68
	3.3.1 Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication	69
	3.3.1.1 Conceptualization	69
	3.3.1.2 Lexicalization	70
	3.3.1.3 Predication	74
	3.3.2 Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding	78
	3.3.2.1 The semantic function of finiteness	78
	3.3.2.1.1 Truth value	78
	3.3.2.2 Anchoring	82
	3.3.2.2.1 Temporal anchoring	83
	3.3.2.2.2 Spatial anchoring	84
	3.3.2.3 The function of SpecFP	86
	3.3.3 Summary	89
	3.4 Hypotheses on language development	90
	4 The initial state	91
	4.1 Finiteness at the initial state	91
	4.2 Theoretical accounts	92
	4.2.1 Morpho-syntactic systems	94
	4.2.1.1 Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998)	94
	4.2.1.2 Discussion	96
	4.2.2 Semantic systems	99
	4.2.2.1 Clahsen (1986)	99
	4.2.2.2 Discussion	100
	4.2.2.3 Ingram and Thompson (1996)	102