In this Book
summary
Little Words is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other ôlittle wordsö that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults.
This unique volume integrates the views and findings of these different research areas into one professional source to be used within and across disciplines. Languages studied include English, Spanish, French, Romanian, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Slavonic, and Medieval Leonese.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- PART I: HISTORY
- p. 7
- PART II: PHONOLOGY
- p. 35
- PART III: SYNTAX
- p. 59
- Chapter 8. The Complementizer The
- pp. 87-98
- PART IV: SEMANTICS
- p. 119
- PART V: PRAGMATICS
- p. 157
- PART VI: ACQUISITION
- p. 197
Additional Information
ISBN
9781589015968
Related ISBN
9781589012547
MARC Record
OCLC
430927526
Pages
258
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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