TY - BOOK AU - TI - A functional approach to child language: a study of determiners and reference SN - 0521224160 AV - P118 .K3 U1 - 401.930 83 KAR PY - 1979/// CY - Cambridge [Eng.], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Children KW - Language KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Determiners KW - Reference (Linguistics) N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [242]-251; 1. The place of language in child development; 2. Determiners and reference; 3. Introduction to the data; 4. Production experiments: deictic, exophoric and quantifier functions of determiners; 5. Production experiments: anaphoric function; 6. Production experiments: gender-indicating function of determiners; 7. Comprehension experiments: deictic, exophoric and quantifier functions of determiners; 8. Comprehension experiments: anaphoric function of determiners; 9. Synthesis of the child's acquisition of the plurifunctionality of determiners; 10. General implications for language acquisition and child development; Bibliography; Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/78015450.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/78015450.html ER -