Little Words is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other "little words" that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults. This unique volume integrates the views and findings of these different research areas into one professional source to be used within and across disciplines. Languages studied include English, Spanish, French, Romanian, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Slavonic, and Medieval Leonese.

About the Author
Ronald P. Leow is an associate professor of Spanish applied linguistics and director of Spanish Language Instruction at Georgetown University. Hector Campos is an associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, linguistics, and modern Greek at Georgetown University. Donna Lardiere is an associate professor of linguistics at Georgetown University.

Awards
Winner of Outstanding Teacher of the Year 6 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9781589012547
Author Ronald P. Leow
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Georgetown University Press
Publisher Georgetown University Press
Weight(grams) 363g