Constructions in Acquisition: Volume 174

By Barbara F. Kelly

The Acquisition of Constructions is the culmination of new research into constructions of grammar in languages as diverse as Cantonese, English, French, German, Mandarin, Thai, and Tzeltal. The contributors, all noted scholars in the field of construction grammar, investigate the acquisition of constructions--that is, the consistent patterns for combining words and phrases within a language--in children, from the first and most rudimentary gesture combinations to the production of larger syntactic constructions and complex clauses. Timely and comprehensive, it will be a superb resource for scholars of syntax.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575864983
• ISBN13: 9781575864983
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"