TY - BOOK ID - 78141809 TI - Parameter setting in language acquisition PY - 2005 SN - 1281294462 9786611294465 1847143369 9781847143365 PB - New York London Continuum DB - UniCat KW - Language acquisition. KW - Principles and parameters (Linguistics) KW - Generative grammar KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Acquisition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78141809 AB - This book provides a broad overview of parameter-setting theory in first and second language acquisition and refines the theory by revisiting and challenging the traditional assumptions that underlie it, based on cross-linguistic language data that cover a range of syntactic and phonological phenomena.From an historical perspective on parameter-setting theory to an introduction to its role in computational linguistics, neurolinguistics, and language change, the reader will find a critique of the most commonly made arguments, as well as an index of all the syntactic, phonological, lexical, and ER -