One Word at a Time
eBook - PDF

One Word at a Time

The Use of Single Word Utterances before Syntax

  1. 262 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

One Word at a Time

The Use of Single Word Utterances before Syntax

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. List of Tables
  3. 1. The Problem and the Data
  4. 2. Single-Word Utterances and Grammar
  5. 2.1. Explaining the Transition to Syntax
  6. 2.2. Conceptual Relations in Early Sentences
  7. 2.3. The Origin of Sentences and Linguistic Theory
  8. 3. Single-Word Utterances Are Not Sentences
  9. 3.1. /wídɘ̀/ : The Archetypal Pivot
  10. 3.2. Successive Single-Word Utterances
  11. 3.3. Comprehension and Syntax
  12. 3.4. Early Prosody and Syntax
  13. 4. Developmental Change in the Use of Single-Word Utterances
  14. 4.1. The Distinction Between Classes of Single Words
  15. 4.2. The Development of Substantive Words
  16. 4.3. The Use of Function Forms as Single-Word Utterances
  17. 4.4. The Use of Substantive Forms as Single-Word Utterances
  18. 5. Concepts, Words, and Sentences
  19. 5.1. Conceptual Notions Underlying Single-Word Utterances and the Origin of Grammar
  20. 5.2. ‘Rich’ Interpretation of Syntactic and Single-Word Child Utterances
  21. References
  22. Appendix
  23. 1. Methods and Materials for Video Tape Recording
  24. 2. Video Tape Transcriptions
  25. I: 16 months, 3 weeks
  26. II: 19 months, 2 weeks
  27. III: 20 months, 3 weeks
  28. IV: 22 months
  29. Subject Index
  30. Name Index