Language Acquisition and the Functional Category System

1 - Acknowledgements [Seite 7]
2 - 1 Introduction [Seite 13]
2.1 - 1.1 Language acquisition from a functional perspective [Seite 13]
2.2 - 1.2 Overview of the book [Seite 15]
3 - 2 Lexical vs. functional elements [Seite 21]
3.1 - 2.1 Structure in language [Seite 21]
3.2 - 2.2 Language structure in production [Seite 27]
3.2.1 - 2.2.1 Phrase structure [Seite 27]
3.2.1.1 - 2.2.1.1 Lexical selection [Seite 27]
3.2.1.2 - 2.2.1.2 Phrasal coherence [Seite 27]
3.2.2 - 2.2.2 Utterance structure [Seite 28]
3.2.2.1 - 2.2.2.1 Perspective taking [Seite 28]
3.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.2 Contextual embedding [Seite 31]
3.2.2.3 - 2.2.2.3 Lexical categories [Seite 33]
3.2.2.4 - 2.2.2.4 Functional categories [Seite 33]
3.2.3 - 2.2.3 Word formation [Seite 34]
3.2.3.1 - 2.2.3.1 Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection [Seite 36]
3.2.3.2 - 2.2.3.2 Lexical and functional categories of word formation [Seite 38]
3.3 - 2.3 Learner systems [Seite 42]
3.3.1 - 2.3.1 Utterance structure at the initial stage [Seite 43]
3.3.2 - 2.3.2 Word formation at the initial stage [Seite 45]
3.4 - 2.4 First and second language acquisition [Seite 46]
3.5 - 2.5 Research questions [Seite 49]
3.6 - 2.6 Data sources [Seite 50]
4 - 3 The Target System [Seite 53]
4.1 - 3.1 Introduction [Seite 53]
4.2 - 3.2 Utterance structure [Seite 54]
4.2.1 - 3.2.1 Basic word order [Seite 54]
4.2.2 - 3.2.2 Word order variation [Seite 58]
4.2.3 - 3.2.3 Information structure and lexical meaning [Seite 62]
4.2.3.1 - 3.2.3.1 VP structure [Seite 64]
4.2.3.2 - 3.2.3.2 FP structure [Seite 64]
4.2.3.3 - 3.2.3.3 The function of F [Seite 65]
4.2.3.4 - 3.2.3.4 Movement [Seite 67]
4.2.4 - 3.2.4 Summary [Seite 68]
4.3 - 3.3 Utterance production [Seite 68]
4.3.1 - 3.3.1 Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication [Seite 69]
4.3.1.1 - 3.3.1.1 Conceptualization [Seite 69]
4.3.1.2 - 3.3.1.2 Lexicalization [Seite 70]
4.3.1.3 - 3.3.1.3 Predication [Seite 74]
4.3.2 - 3.3.2 Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding [Seite 78]
4.3.2.1 - 3.3.2.1 The semantic function of finiteness [Seite 78]
4.3.2.2 - 3.3.2.1.1 Truth value [Seite 78]
4.3.2.3 - 3.3.2.2 Anchoring [Seite 82]
4.3.2.4 - 3.3.2.2.1 Temporal anchoring [Seite 83]
4.3.2.5 - 3.3.2.2.2 Spatial anchoring [Seite 84]
4.3.2.6 - 3.3.2.3 The function of SpecFP [Seite 86]
4.3.3 - 3.3.3 Summary [Seite 89]
4.4 - 3.4 Hypotheses on language development [Seite 90]
5 - 4 The initial state [Seite 91]
5.1 - 4.1 Finiteness at the initial state [Seite 91]
5.2 - 4.2 Theoretical accounts [Seite 92]
5.2.1 - 4.2.1 Morpho-syntactic systems [Seite 94]
5.2.1.1 - 4.2.1.1 Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998) [Seite 94]
5.2.1.2 - 4.2.1.2 Discussion [Seite 96]
5.2.2 - 4.2.2 Semantic systems [Seite 99]
5.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.1 Clahsen (1986) [Seite 99]
5.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.2 Discussion [Seite 100]
5.2.2.3 - 4.2.2.3 Ingram and Thompson (1996) [Seite 102]
5.2.2.4 - 4.2.2.4 Discussion [Seite 104]
5.2.3 - 4.2.3 Summary [Seite 107]
5.3 - 4.3 The alternative [Seite 111]
5.4 - 4.4 Summary [Seite 121]
6 - 5 The lexical stage [Seite 123]
6.1 - 5.1 Basic languages, research questions [Seite 123]
6.2 - 5.2 The analysis of early learner data [Seite 127]
6.3 - 5.3 Utterance structure at the lexical stage [Seite 136]
6.3.1 - 5.3.1 Lexical projections [Seite 136]
6.3.2 - 5.3.2 Testing the model: ergatives and particle verbs [Seite 141]
6.3.2.1 - 5.3.2.1 Ergatives [Seite 142]
6.3.2.2 - 5.3.2.2 Particle verbs [Seite 143]
6.3.3 - 5.3.3 Word order [Seite 146]
6.3.3.1 - 5.3.3.1 Subject first [Seite 147]
6.3.3.2 - 5.3.3.2 Topic first [Seite 148]
6.3.3.3 - 5.3.3.3 Head-initial [Seite 150]
6.3.4 - 5.3.4 Summary [Seite 153]
6.4 - 5.4 Conflicting constraints [Seite 157]
6.5 - 5.5 Conclusion [Seite 162]
6.6 - 5.6 From the lexical stage to the functional stage [Seite 165]
7 - 6 The functional stage [Seite 167]
7.1 - 6.1 The acquisition of the projection of F [Seite 167]
7.1.1 - 6.1.1 Utterance structure at the lexical stage [Seite 167]
7.1.2 - 6.1.2 Towards a functional topic position [Seite 169]
7.1.3 - 6.1.3 Towards a grammatical subject position [Seite 174]
7.2 - 6.2 Evidence of the projection of F [Seite 176]
7.2.1 - 6.2.1 The functional topic position [Seite 176]
7.2.2 - 6.2.2 The functional category F [Seite 180]
7.2.2.1 - 6.2.2.1 Analysis of the modal expressions 'ulle', 'mag-ikke' and 'nee' [Seite 180]
7.2.2.2 - 6.2.2.2 Analysis of the unanalysed modal expressions [Seite 181]
7.2.2.3 - 6.2.2.3 Epistemic modals [Seite 182]
7.2.2.4 - 6.2.2.4 The auxiliary verbs 'heb, heeft' and 'ben, is' [Seite 184]
7.2.2.5 - 6.2.2.5 The auxiliary verbs 'doe, doet' and 'ga, gaat' [Seite 190]
7.2.3 - 6.2.3 Topicalization [Seite 191]
7.3 - 6.3 The topic position [Seite 194]
7.3.1 - 6.3.1 The affix in F as a topicalization device [Seite 194]
7.3.2 - 6.3.2 Yes/no- and wh-questions [Seite 196]
7.3.3 - 6.3.3 Verb-third in adult L2 [Seite 199]
7.4 - 6.4 Finiteness [Seite 203]
7.4.1 - 6.4.1 Auxiliary verbs [Seite 203]
7.4.1.1 - 6.4.1.1 Verb placement [Seite 203]
7.4.1.2 - 6.4.1.2 'Light verbs' [Seite 205]
7.4.1.3 - 6.4.1.3 Morphological properties of finiteness in L2 Dutch [Seite 209]
7.4.2 - 6.4.2 Grammatical aspect [Seite 211]
7.4.3 - 6.4.3 Tense [Seite 220]
7.4.4 - 6.4.4 Agreement [Seite 220]
7.5 - 6.5 Summary [Seite 221]
8 - 7 Finiteness in language acquisition research [Seite 223]
8.1 - 7.1 Finiteness in first language research [Seite 223]
8.1.1 - 7.1.1 L1 Dutch: Gillis (2003) [Seite 223]
8.1.2 - 7.1.2 L1 German: Bittner (2003) [Seite 227]
8.1.3 - 7.1.3 Summary [Seite 234]
8.2 - 7.2 Finiteness in second language research [Seite 235]
8.2.1 - 7.2.1 Verb placement and inflectional morphology [Seite 235]
8.2.1.1 - 7.2.1.1 The contingency between verb placement and morphology [Seite 235]
8.2.1.2 - 7.2.1.2 Methodological questions [Seite 236]
8.2.1.3 - 7.2.1.3 Verb placement and inflectional morphology in second language research [Seite 238]
8.2.2 - 7.2.2 Restrictions on the contingency between verb placement and inflection [Seite 238]
8.2.2.1 - 7.2.2.1 Parodi (1998, 2000) [Seite 238]
8.2.3 - 7.2.3 The dissociation of verb placement and inflection: The Impaired Representation Hypothesis [Seite 241]
8.2.3.1 - 7.2.3.1 Meisel (1997) [Seite 241]
8.2.4 - 7.2.4 The separation of verb placement and inflection: The Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis [Seite 243]
8.2.4.1 - 7.2.4.1 Prévost and White (2000) [Seite 243]
8.2.5 - 7.2.5 The acquisition of auxiliaries as a prerequisite for verb movement [Seite 246]
8.2.6 - 7.2.6 The stagewise acquisition of the functional category system [Seite 249]
8.2.6.1 - 7.2.6.1 Rule and Marsden (2006) [Seite 249]
8.2.6.2 - 7.2.6.2 Vainikka and Young-Scholten (1996, 2011): The Organic Grammar approach [Seite 251]
8.2.6.3 - 7.2.6.3 Becker (2005) [Seite 254]
8.2.7 - 7.2.7 Summary [Seite 260]
8.2.7.1 - 7.2.7.1 The contingency between verb placement and morphology [Seite 261]
8.2.7.2 - 7.2.7.2 The acquisition of the auxiliary as a carrier of finiteness [Seite 262]
9 - 8 Conclusion [Seite 265]
9.1 - 8.1 Basic languages [Seite 265]
9.2 - 8.2 The lexical stage [Seite 265]
9.3 - 8.3 The functional stage [Seite 274]
9.4 - 8.4 Driving forces [Seite 279]
10 - References [Seite 283]
11 - Index [Seite 289]