Investigations in Universal Grammar: A Guide to Experiments on the Acquisition of Syntax and Semantics

by Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton

Book Overview

This introductory guide to language acquisition research is presented within the framework of Universal Grammar, a theory of the human faculty for language. The authors focus on two experimental techniques for assessing children's linguistic competence: the Elicited Production task, a production task, and the Truth Value Judgment task, a comprehension task. Their methodologies are designed to overcome the numerous obstacles to empirical investigation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262531801
• ISBN13: 9780262531801
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher