| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Language acquisition & language disorders,
0925-0123 ;
v. 31
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Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 31.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index. |
| Contents |
The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; Acquisition theories and the acquisition of the DP; Methodology; The DP in Modern Greek; Acquiring the DP in MG; The acquisition of the possessive construction; The acquisition of Determiner Spreading; The acquisition of appositive constructions involving kinship terms and proper names; Summary and conclusion; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index; The series LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS. |
| Summary |
This book offers new data on the acquisition of functional categories in early child speech. Based on longitudinal corpora of five children acquiring Modern Greek as their first language, it describes the development of single DPs consisting of definite and indefinite articles, complex DPs that require the use of multiple definite articles -- possessive constructions, appositive constructions and Determiner Spreading, a form of adjectival modification -- and number and case marking in nouns and definite articles. Detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses show an incremental development of t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Greek language, Modern -- Determiners.
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Greek language, Modern. |
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Greek language, Modern -- Noun phrase.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marinis, Theodoros. Acquisition of the DP in modern Greek. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003 1588114503 9781588114501 (DLC) 2003062782 (OCoLC)52970347 |
| ISBN |
9789027295989 (electronic book) |
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9027295980 (electronic book) |
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9781588114501 |
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1588114503 |
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128216077X |
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9781282160774 |
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