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The acquisition of syntax by children

Aims

The module provides an opportunity to study in depth some of the most debated issues in generative approaches to Child Language Acquisition allowing students to understand why the same phenomenon may be analysed in a number of different ways.

In addition, the module aims to give students insight into issues with the collection of corpus data in child language syntax and to gain experience in the interpretation of such data.

Through reading, students will also gain some familiarity with experimental methods of data collection and there may be scope for Psycholinguistics students to design (and carry out) an experiment as part of their project.

About this module

  • Module name
    The acquisition of syntax by children
  • Course code
    L50M (LAN00050M)
  • Teacher 
    Bernadette Plunkett
  • Term(s) taught
    Spring
  • Credits
    20