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  The Lexicon in Acquisition (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Eve V. Clark, Edited by S. R. Anderson, Series edited by P. Austin, Series edited by John Bresnan, Series edited by B. Comrie, Series edited by S. Crain, Series edited by W. Dressler, Series edited by C. J. Ewen, Edited by Rodney D. Huddleston

  

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  Short Description for The Lexicon in AcquisitionUsing data from many languages, this book looks at the hypotheses children draw on about possible word meanings.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 16 February 1995
  • Format: Paperback 320 pages
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  • Categories: Linguistics | Language Acquisition | Research Methods: General
  • ISBN 13: 9780521484640 ISBN 10: 0521484642

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• Without words, children can't talk about people, places, things, actions, relations, or states, and they have no grammatical rules. Without words, there would be no sound structure, no word structure, and no syntax. The lexicon is central in language, and in language acquisition. Eve Clark argues for this centrality and for the general principles of conventionality and contrast at the core of language acquisition. She looks at the hypotheses children draw on about possible word meanings, and how they map their meanings on to forms. The book is unusual in dealing with data from a wide variety of languages, in its emphasis on the general principles children rely on as they analyse complex word forms, and in the broad perspective it takes on lexical acquisition.