{"product_id":"parameter-setting-in-language-acquisition-9780826476074","title":"Parameter Setting in Language Acquisition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dalila Ayoun\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Continnuum-3pl\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Continnuum-3pl\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 morphological parameters presented in the literature to date. A closer look at the theory itself addresses the following questions: What does a parameter-setting approach to language acquisition entail? What are the underpinnings of the theory? What issues and problems remain to be solved? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe empirical studies carried out to test the null subject parameter and verb movement parameter are reviewed to re-examine long-standing theoretical assumptions as well as the learnability implications for first and second language acquisition.\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 morphological parameters presented in the literature to date. A closer look at the theory itself addresses the following questions: What does a parameter-setting approach to language acquisition entail? What are the underpinnings of the theory? What issues and problems remain to be solved? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe empirical studies carried out to test the null subject parameter and verb movement parameter are reviewed to re-examine long-standing theoretical assumptions as well as the learnability implications for first and second language acquisition.","brand":"Continnuum-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085657923735,"sku":"9780826476074","price":12670.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780826476074.webp?v=1767265267","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/parameter-setting-in-language-acquisition-9780826476074","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}