This book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addresses issues related to the earliest stage of development which ends roughly around the child's second birthday. The theory put forward capitalises on the traditional observation that early child grammars characteristically lack lexical and morphological elements which belong to the 'closed-class' system. This book provides an account of the grammatical differences between the set of functional categories and the substantive categories.

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Title: The Prefunctional Stage of First Language Acquistion (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415724090
ISBN 13: 9780415724098
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New
Weight: 660 grams

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This book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addresses issues related to the earliest stage of development which ends roughly around the child’s second birthday. The theory put forward capitalises on the traditional observation that early child grammars characteristically lack lexical and morphological elements which belong to the ‘closed-class’ system. This book provides an account of the grammatical differences between the set of functional categories and the substantive categories.

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