Lexical Bootstrapping: The Role of Lexis and Semantics in Child Language Development

Author/Contributor(s):	Bittner, Dagmar ; Ruhlig, Nadja
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
Date:	04/17/2013
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

The internal bootstrapps for establishing the grammatical system of a human language build an essential topic in language acquisition research. The discussion of the last 20 years came up with the Lexical Bootstrapping Hypothesis which assigns lexical development the role of the central bootstrapping process. The volume presents work from different theoretical perspectives evaluating the strength and weaknesses of this hypothesis.