{"product_id":"first-language-acquisition-in-spanish-gilda-socarras-9781441134080","title":"First Language Acquisition in Spanish: A Minimalist Approach to Nominal Agreement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides new insights into the acquisition of functional categories in child language. Operating within the Minimalist Framework (Chomsky 1995) it examines in particular the availability of Determiner Phrases in the grammar of young children acquiring Spanish as a first language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe analysis reveals an interaction in child grammar around the production of bare nominals, proto-determiners and full determiner phrases. Socarrás performs both qualitative and quantitative analyses to point to a link between the development stages children go through, and the occurrence of these elements in their speech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work goes on to address the language acquisition debate between the continuity and discontinuity hypotheses, aligning the findings with a conclusion on how best to organise the theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilda Socarras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441134085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441134080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Gilda Socarras","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217358893311,"sku":"9781441134080","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f254918-c59e-4bfb-b689-2f23980cd82a.jpg?v=1771996728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-language-acquisition-in-spanish-gilda-socarras-9781441134080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}