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1 online resource (ix, 342 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Language, speech, and communication
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Language, speech, and communication.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Modularity Matching Model. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. Constraints and Universal Grammar. Ch. 3. Poverty of the Stimulus. Ch. 4. Models of Language Development. Ch. 5. Continuity versus Input Matching. Ch. 6. Competing Factors Model. Ch. 7. Competing Tasks: Reaction Time Studies. Ch. 8. Competing Tasks: The Act Out Task. Ch. 9. Competing Tasks: Imitation. Ch. 10. Judgment Tasks and Competing Factors. Ch. 11. Context and Competing Factors. Ch. 12. Language Processing. Ch. 13. Extralinguistic Knowledge. Ch. 14. When Principles and Preferences Collide. Ch. 15. Performance Errors. Ch. 16. Methodological Preliminaries pt. II. Elicited Production Task. Ch. 17. Elicited Production. Ch. 18. Eliciting Relative Clauses. Ch. 19. Asking Questions: The "Ask/Tell" Problem. Ch. 20. Structure Dependence. Ch. 21. Wanna Contraction. Ch. 22. Long Distance Questions and the Medial Wh. Ch. 23. Why Children Make Good Subjects. Ch. 24. Summary of Designs pt. III. Truth Value Judgment Task. Ch. 25. Truth Value Judgments. Ch. 26. Backward Anaphora. Ch. 27. Fundamentals of Design: Principle C. Ch. 28. What's Wrong with This Picture? Ch. 29. Strong Crossover. Ch. 30. Strongest Crossover. Ch. 31. Principle B. Ch. 32. Following Up on Principle B. Ch. 33. Sets and Circumstances. Ch. 34. Discourse Binding. Ch. 35. Universal Quantification. Ch. 36. Donkey Sentences. Ch. 37. A Potential Drawback of the Task. Ch. 38. Resolving the Dilemma: Control Sentences. Ch. 39. Resolving the Dilemma: Varying the Context. Ch. 40. Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Language acquisition -- Research -- Methodology.
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Language acquisition -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Language acquisition. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
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Competence and performance (Linguistics)
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Competence and performance (Linguistics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Thornton, Rosalind.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crain, Stephen, 1947- Investigations in universal grammar. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998 0262032503 (DLC) 97044971 (OCoLC)37890508 |
| ISBN |
0585360723 (electronic book) |
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9780585360720 (electronic book) |
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9780262270908 (electronic book) |
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0262270900 (electronic book) |
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0262032503 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780262032506 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262531801 |
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9780262531801 |
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