Grammaticalization And First Language Acquisition

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Grammaticalization and First Language Acquisition

Author : Dominique Bassano
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027271895
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Grammaticalization and First Language Acquisition by : Dominique Bassano

Download or read book Grammaticalization and First Language Acquisition written by Dominique Bassano and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammaticalization and lexicalization are at the heart of first language acquisition. Understanding how these processes begin and evolve is a major challenge for current theories and has implications for applications in teaching or clinical contexts. This volume examines the relative weight of cognitive and linguistic determinants of acquisition with particular attention to two questions. The first one concerns the origins of grammar and the processes underlying its development. Is grammatical knowledge innate or constructed by the child? Is it modular or does it interact with other capacities? How can we account for continuity and discontinuity in development? What is the role of input? Second, considerable variation is observed in lexical and grammatical development across child languages. Is the process of acquisition similar in all children or do language-specific factors impact its rhythm and course? Do typological factors determine children’s reliance on lexical or grammatical means of expression in some domains? Originally published in Language, Interaction and Acquisition - Langage, Interaction et Acquisition 2:1 (2011).

Bilingual First Language Acquisition

Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027284970
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Bilingual First Language Acquisition by : Jürgen M. Meisel

Download or read book Bilingual First Language Acquisition written by Jürgen M. Meisel and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-09-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume are based on an analysis of data from bilingual children acquiring French and German simultaneously. The longitudinal studies started at approximately age one year and six months and continued till age six. The papers focus on the development of specific grammatical phenomena; explanations are given within the framework of the Principle and Parameter approach. The study is primarily concerned with the acquisition of so-called 'functional categories' and the consequences of their acquisition for the development of grammar. Specific points dealt with in these papers include: gender, number and case and their internal structure (DP vs NP); inflection and its consequences for agreement marking; and word order phenomena (subject-raising constructions (incl. passives), word order in subordinate clauses). The basic hypothesis underlying this study is that early child grammars consist only of lexical categories and that functional categories are implemented later in the child's grammar. How this happens exactly is the central issue explored in this book.

The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Author : Heiko Narrog
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191618055
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization by : Heiko Narrog

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization written by Heiko Narrog and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and methodological bases of grammaticalization, report on work in the field, and point to promising directions for new research. They represent every relevant theoretical perspective and approach. Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family. Its results offer valuable insights for all theoretical frameworks, including generative, construction, and cognitive grammar, and relate to work in fields such as phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. The handbook is divided into five parts, of which the first two are devoted to theory and method, the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains, classes, and cateogories, and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages. It will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field.

Social Aspects of Language Acquisition - Language Socialization and Grammatical Development

Author : Jessica Narloch
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638618064
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (386 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Aspects of Language Acquisition - Language Socialization and Grammatical Development by : Jessica Narloch

Download or read book Social Aspects of Language Acquisition - Language Socialization and Grammatical Development written by Jessica Narloch and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Duisburg-Essen, course: Language and the Mind, language: English, abstract: There are many ways of talking to children and preverbal infants and also a great variety of opinions about how important the child’s environment is or if it plays a role at all. The question is not only how and why children understand grammatical forms and language (Ochs & Schieffelin 1995: 73), but also which role other aspects, such as Parentese and Baby Talk, play. Are they necessary or totally unimportant? Should parents talk to their children at all or is it senseless because they do not understand what the parents say to them? Some people are of the opinion that Parentese only plays “a minimal role” (Garnica 1977: 63) whereas other people think that the verbal environment is important. In how far is the acquisition of language “the result of a process of interaction between mother and child” (Snow 1977: 31)? By explaining some aspects of talk to children, such as Parentese, Baby Talk, expansion, correction, imitation and by giving examples of children being socialized through language, the question about which role these aspects really play in first language acquisition should be answered.

Two First Languages

Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Two First Languages written by Jürgen M. Meisel and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Verbs

Author : Michael Tomasello
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521374960
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book First Verbs written by Michael Tomasello and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is hypothesized that more general syntagmatic categories await the formation of a paradigmatic category of verb, and that this in turn awaits complex sentences in which verbs are treated as mental objects by other predicates.

A First Language

Author : Roger Brown
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A First Language written by Roger Brown and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, Roger Brown and his colleagues have studied the developing language of pre-school children--the language that ultimately will permit them to understand themselves and the world around them. This longitudinal research project records the conversational performances of three children, studying both semantic and grammatical aspects of their language development. These core findings are related to recent work in psychology and linguistics--and especially to studies of the acquisition of languages other than English, including Finnish, German, Korean, and Samoan. Roger Brown has written the most exhaustive and searching analysis yet undertaken of the early stages of grammatical constructions and the meanings they convey. The five stages of linguistic development Brown establishes are measured not by chronological age-since children vary greatly in the speed at which their speech develops--but by mean length of utterance. This volume treats the first two stages. Stage I is the threshold of syntax, when children begin to combine words to make sentences. These sentences, Brown shows, are always limited to the same small set of semantic relations: nomination, recurrence, disappearance, attribution, possession, agency, and a few others. Stage II is concerned with the modulations of basic structural meanings--modulations for number, time, aspect, specificity--through the gradual acquisition of grammatical morphemes such as inflections, prepositions, articles, and case markers. Fourteen morphemes are studied in depth and it is shown that the order of their acquisition is almost identical across children and is predicted by their relative semantic and grammatical complexity. It is, ultimately, the intent of this work to focus on the nature and development of knowledge: knowledge concerning grammar and the meanings coded by grammar; knowledge inferred from performance, from sentences and the settings in which they are spoken, and from signs of comprehension or incomprehension of sentences.

From First Words to Grammar

Author : Elizabeth Bates
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521425001
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book From First Words to Grammar written by Elizabeth Bates and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar.

First Language Acquisition

Author : Eve V. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107143004
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book First Language Acquisition written by Eve V. Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated throughout, this new edition provides a comprehensive exploration of how children acquire a first language effectively.

Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135604193
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition written by Peter Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-29 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.

Language in Infancy and Childhood

Author : Alan Cruttenden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Language in Infancy and Childhood written by Alan Cruttenden and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition

Author : Maya Hickmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265321
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition by : Maya Hickmann

Download or read book Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition written by Maya Hickmann and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Although researchers are now increasingly concerned with one or another of these factors, this volume brings together research on three different sources of variation: language-specific properties, the nature of the input to children across contexts, and several aspects of the learners themselves. Chapters explore these sources of variation within an interdisciplinary and comparative approach allying theories and methodologies stemming from linguistics, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. The comparative perspective involves different languages, contexts of use, types of learners (first/second language acquisition, monolingual/bilingual learners, autism, language impairment), as well as vocal and visuo-gestural communicative modalities (co-verbal gestures, sign language acquisition). The volume points to the need to enhance interdisciplinary research using complementary methodologies to further examine sources of variation and to integrate variation into a more general developmental theory.

First Language Acquisition

Author : Eve V. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316546322
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book First Language Acquisition written by Eve V. Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do young children learn language? When does this process start? What does language acquisition involve? Children are exposed to language from birth, surrounded by knowledgeable speakers who offer feedback and provide extensive practice every day. Through conversation and joint activities, children master the language being used around them. This fully revised third edition of Eve V. Clark's bestselling textbook offers comprehensive coverage of language acquisition, from a baby's first sounds to a child's increasing skill in negotiating, explaining and entertaining with language. This book, drawing together the most recent findings in the field, and illustrated with examples from a wide range of experimental and observational studies, including the author's own diary observations, presents an essential and comprehensive guide to first language acquisition. It will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition

Author : Ursula Stephany
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110188406
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition by : Ursula Stephany

Download or read book Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition written by Ursula Stephany and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crosslinguistic studies of the early developmental stages of number, case, and gender in twelve typologically different languages with eight genetic affiliations follow a functional-constructivist approach. Some issues addressed are mean size of paradigms, percentage of base forms, and productivity. One of the main findings is that the typological characteristics of the language acquired influence the process of inflectional development.

Longitudinal Relationships Between Lexical and Grammatical Development in Typical and Late-talking Children

Author : Maura Alison Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Longitudinal Relationships Between Lexical and Grammatical Development in Typical and Late-talking Children by : Maura Alison Jones

Download or read book Longitudinal Relationships Between Lexical and Grammatical Development in Typical and Late-talking Children written by Maura Alison Jones and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Up and Down the Cline--the Nature of Grammaticalization

Author : Olga Fischer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027229694
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Up and Down the Cline--the Nature of Grammaticalization by : Olga Fischer

Download or read book Up and Down the Cline--the Nature of Grammaticalization written by Olga Fischer and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathways so often occur in known cases of grammaticalization? (v) Is grammaticalization unidirectional? (vi) What is the nature of the parameters guiding grammaticalization? The overall aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of what grammaticalization does or does not entail via detailed case studies in combination with theoretical and methodological discussions.

Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition

Author : Dagmar Bittner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110178234
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition written by Dagmar Bittner and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.