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Born to parse [electronic resource] : how children select their languages / David W. Lightfoot

Author:
Lightfoot, David, 1945-
Published:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
xiii, 196 pages ; 22 cm
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Contents:
1. Three Visions -- 2. Three New Parses -- 3. Parsing and Variable Properties -- 4. Parsing at Interfaces -- 5. Population Biology: The Spread of New Variable Properties -- 6. Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Selection -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary:
"This book represents a new approach to language acquisition and to variable properties in language. By taking a novel approach in allowing for an account of the acquisition of variable properties of language and a biologically plausible treatment of language variation, Lightfoot argues against the use of binary parameters, for the centrality of parsing in language acquisition, and for the "openness" of Universal Grammar"--
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ISBN:
9780262044097 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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