Child Language: The Parametric Approach

by William Snyder

Book Overview

This is a systematic presentation of the parametric approach to child language. Linguistic theory seeks to specify the range of grammars permitted by the human language faculty and thereby to specify the child's "hypothesis space" during language acquisition. Theories of language variation have central implications for the study of child language, and vice versa. Yet the acquisitional predictions of such theories are seldom tested against attested...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199296707
• ISBN13: 9780199296705
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"