Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs: A case study of German child language

Angelika Wittek

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2002

Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs

A case study of German child language

Angelika Wittek

Volume 17 in the series Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110907988

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About this book

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.

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Angelika Wittek is Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Chapter 1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. A paradox: Learning the meaning of change-of-state verbs should be easy, but it isn’t Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Is the learning problem due to mapping problems? Testing the Transparent Endstate Hypothesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 4. A subtle learning problem: The Weak Endstate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 5. Modifiers as cues to verb meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 6. Testing the Adverbial Modification Cue Hypothesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 7. Summary: The status of the endstate in children’s semantic representations of change-of-state verbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2011
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 233
Keywords: Deutsch; Verb; Bedeutungserlernung

eBook

Published: September 27, 2011
ISBN: 9783110907988

Hardcover

Published: June 26, 2002
ISBN: 9783110173048