Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs
Download or Read eBook Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs PDF written by Angelika Wittek and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Angelika Wittek |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2011-09-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110907988 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110907984 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs by : Angelika Wittek
Book excerpt: Causative change-of-state verbs like 'to open', 'to fill', and 'to wake' are central to both recent theories of grammatical development and theories of lexical structure. This book focuses on how German-speaking children learn the meaning of change-of-state verbs. It offers a thorough characterization of the acquisition of German, embedded in a crosslinguistic perspective. The author provides a comprehensive review of the acquisition literature on that topic and introduces a new account as to how the meaning of these verbs can be learned. The empirical backbone of the investigation are a set of carefully designed experimental studies.
