The Development of Dutch Connectives: Change and acquisition as windows on form-function relations
Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul
Title Contents PART I : GENERAL INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Connectives and their classifications Chapter 3 : Theories on form-function relations PART II : DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CONNECTIVES Chapter 4 : On the methodology of the diachronic corpus studies Chapter 5 : Word order and closure: a diachronic analysis of 'want' and 'omdat' Chapter 6 : Word order and domains of use: a diachronic analysis of 'want' and 'omdat' Chapter 7 : Diachronic developments of 'dus' and 'daarom' Chapter 8 : Subjectification in the diachronics of the causal connectives PART III : DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ACQUISITION OF CONNECTIVES Chapter 9 : On the methodology of the acquisition studies Chapter 10 : The emergence of connectives Chapter 11 : Quantitative developments in children's connective use Chapter 12 : The acquisition of connectives and clause integration Chapter 13 : The acquisition of connectives and domains of use PART IV : CONCLUSION Chapter 14 : Conclusion and discussion References Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) Curriculum Vitae Complete text Cover