Language acquisition : knowledge representation and processing /
Antonella Sorace, Caroline Heycock, Richard Shillcock, editors.
- 1st ed.
- Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1999.
- 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Papers presented at a conference held in Edinburgh in April 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction : trends and convergences in language acquisition research // Very early parameter setting and the unique checking constraint // Aspects of root infinitives // Genitive subjects in child English // The second language instinct // Learning optimality - Theoretic grammars // Constraining the search for structure in the input // Words and rules // Author index // Subject index //