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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450308503321

Autore

Hickmann Maya

Titolo

Children's discourse : person, space and time across languages / / Maya Hickmann [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-12738-6

1-280-41876-1

0-511-17809-3

0-511-03984-0

0-511-14861-5

0-511-32591-6

0-511-48678-2

0-511-05410-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; ; 98

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Space and time in language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-382) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1 Introduction; I Available theories and data; II A cross-linguistic study of children s narratives; Appendix; Notes; References; Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

This comparative study explores two central questions in the study of first language acquisition: What is the relative impact of structural and functional determinants? What is universal versus language-specific during development? Maya Hickmann addresses these questions in three domains of child language: reference to entities, the representation of space, and uses of temporal-aspectual markings. She provides a thorough review of different theoretical approaches to language acquisition and a wide range of developmental research, as well as examining all three domains in English, French, German and



Chinese narratives. Hickmann's findings concern the rhythm of acquisition, the interplay among different factors (syntactic, semantic, pragmatic) determining children's uses, and universal versus variable aspects of acquisition. Her conclusions stress the importance of relating sentence and discourse determinants of acquisition in a crosslinguistic perspective. Children's Discourse will be welcomed by those working in psychology and language-related disciplines interested in first language acquisition.