How do children achieve adult grammatical competence? How do they induce syntactical rules from the bewildering linguistic input that surrounds them? The major debates in language acquisition theory today focus not on whether there are some sensitivities to syntactic information but rather which sensitivities are available to children and how they might be translated into the organizing principles that get syntactic learning off the ground."The Origins of Grammar" presents a synthesis of work done by the authors, who have ...
Read More
How do children achieve adult grammatical competence? How do they induce syntactical rules from the bewildering linguistic input that surrounds them? The major debates in language acquisition theory today focus not on whether there are some sensitivities to syntactic information but rather which sensitivities are available to children and how they might be translated into the organizing principles that get syntactic learning off the ground."The Origins of Grammar" presents a synthesis of work done by the authors, who have pioneered one of the most important methodological advances in language learning in the past decade: the intermodal preferential looking paradigm, which can be used to assess lexical and syntactic knowledge in children as young as 13 months. In addition to drawing together their groundbreaking empirical work, the authors use these results to describe a theory of language learning that emphasizes the role of multiple cues and forces in development. They show how infants shift their reliance on different aspects of the linguistic input, moving from a bias to attend to prosodic information to a reliance on semantic information, and finally to a reliance on the syntax itself.Viewing language acquisition as the product of a biased learner who takes advantage of the information available from a variety of sources in his or her environment, "The Origins of Grammar" provides a new way of thinking about the process of language comprehension. The analysis borrows insights from theories about the development of mental models, models of early cognitive development and systems theory, and is presented in a way that will be accessible to cognitive and developmental psychologists.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $4.06, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by A Bradford Book.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $7.00, like new condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by MIT Press (MA).
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $7.00, like new condition, Sold by Burke's Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Bradford Books.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $8.49, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by MIT Press (MA).
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $8.67, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by The MIT Press.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by The MIT Press.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by bookbooth rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berea, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by MIT Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. 6 x 9. Covers have minor wear, interior tight and clean, x + 230 pages including notes and index, how to assess language skills in children as young as thirteen months and trace their shift from reliance on different aspects of language input to a use of language and syntax for themselves.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $17.50, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by MIT Press.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar: Evidence From Early Language to cart. $24.13, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by MIT Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9780262581806.
Add this copy of The Origins of Grammar – Evidence From Early Language to cart. $28.62, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by MIT Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780262082426.
