TY - BOOK AU - Hirsh-Pasek,Kathy AU - Golinkoff,Roberta M. TI - The origins of grammar: evidence from early language comprehension T2 - Language, speech, and communication SN - 0585331480 AV - P118 .H57 1996eb U1 - 401/.93 20 PY - 1996/// KW - Language acquisition KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Syntax KW - Comprehension in children KW - Langage KW - Acquisition KW - Syntaxe KW - Compréhension chez l'enfant KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - Psycholinguistics KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Philology & Linguistics KW - hilcc KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Language KW - Learning KW - By KW - Children KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index; Theories of Language Acquisition --; The Intermodal Preferential Looking Paradigm --; Infants' Perception of Constituent Structure --; Single-Word Speakers' Comprehension of Word Order --; Young Children's Use of Syntactic Frames to Derive Meaning --; With Letitia Naigles --; A Coalition Model of Language Comprehension; Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students N2 - Annotation; The authors synthesize their work using the intermodal preferential looking paradigm to understand how childrens' sensitivities to syntactic information can be translated into organizing principles that encourage syntactic learning. They use the results of their empirical work to describe a theory of language learning that emphasizes the role of multiple cues and forces in development, showing how infants shift their reliance on different aspects of linguistic input. For cognitive and developmental psychologists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=49694 ER -