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  First steps in acquiring conditionals

Bowerman, M. (1986). First steps in acquiring conditionals. In E. C. Traugott, A. G. t. Meulen, J. S. Reilly, & C. A. Ferguson (Eds.), On conditionals (pp. 285-308). Cambridge University Press.

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Bowerman, Melissa1, Author           
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1Language Acquisition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55202              

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 Abstract: This chapter is about the initial flowering of conditionals, if-(then) constructions, in children's spontaneous speech. It is motivated by two major theoretical interests. The first and most immediate is to understand the acquisition process itself. Conditionals are conceptually, and in many languages morphosyntactically, complex. What aspects of cognitive and grammatical development are implicated in their acquisition? Does learning take place in the context of particular interactions with other speakers? Where do conditionals fit in with the acquisition of other complex sentences? What are the semantic, syntactic and pragmatic properties of the first conditionals? Underlying this first interest is a second, more strictly linguistic one. Research of recent years has found increasing evidence that natural languages are constrained in certain ways. The source of these constraints is not yet clearly understood, but it is widely assumed that some of them derive ultimately from properties of children's capacity for language acquisition.
 Abstract: Present volume arose out of a Symposium on Conditionals and Cognitive Processes, which was held at Stanford University in December 1983. Conditionals and Cognitive Processes (1983); Symposium on conditionals and cognitive processes, Stanford University, Dec. 1983

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1986
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511753466.016
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Title: On conditionals
Source Genre: Book
 Creator(s):
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs , Editor
Meulen , Alice G.B. ter , Editor
Reilly, Judy S. , Editor
Ferguson, Charles A. , Editor
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Publ. Info: Cambridge University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 285 - 308 Identifier: ISBN: 9780521306447