Lexical bootstrapping : the role of lexis and semantics in child language development / by Dagmar Bittner, Nadja Ruhlig.
The internal bootstrapps for establishing the grammatical system of a human language build an essential topic in language acquisition research. The discussion of the last 20 years came up with the Lexical Bootstrapping Hypothesis which assigns lexical development the role of the central bootstrappin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Series: | Cognitive linguistics research ;
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| Summary: | The internal bootstrapps for establishing the grammatical system of a human language build an essential topic in language acquisition research. The discussion of the last 20 years came up with the Lexical Bootstrapping Hypothesis which assigns lexical development the role of the central bootstrapping process. The volume presents work from different theoretical perspectives evaluating the strength and weaknesses of this hypothesis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110308693 311030869X |
| Language: | In English, English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |