1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780151603321

Autore

Hua Zhu <1970->

Titolo

Phonological development in specific contexts [[electronic resource] ] : studies of Chinese-speaking children / / Zhu Hua

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon ; Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, c2002

ISBN

1-280-82804-8

9786610828043

9781853595891

1-85359-589-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Child language and child development ; ; 3

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Chinese language - Acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions on Transcriptions -- Chapter 1. Language Universals and Crosslinguistic Studies of Phonological Acquisition -- Chapter 2. Putonghua Phonology -- Chapter 3. Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. I: Cross-sectional Study -- Chapter 4. Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. II: Longitudinal Study -- Chapter 5. The Phonological Systems of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders -- Chapter 6. Development and Change in the Phonology of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders -- Chapter 7. The Phonological Systems of a set of Putonghua-speaking Twins -- Chapter 8. Phonological Development of a Putonghua-speaking Child with Prelingual Hearing Impairment: A Longitudinal Case Study -- Chapter 9. General Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book-length study of phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It provides the first normative data on this population, which will be of value to speech and



language therapists and other professionals. It also advances the notion of 'phonological saliency’ which explains the cross-linguistic similarities and differences in children's phonological development.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910735593103321

Autore

Krishnaswamy Revathi <1960->

Titolo

Effeminism : The economy of colonial desire / / Revathi Krishnaswamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2023

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

9780472904228

0472904221

Edizione

[1st ede]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

LIT000000LIT004120SOC008000

Disciplina

954.03

Soggetti

Englisch

Geschlecht

Indienbild

Geschlechterrolle

Kolonialliteratur

Politics and government

English literature

Litterature anglaise - 20e siecle - Histoire et critique

Litterature anglaise - 19e siecle - Histoire et critique

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Großbritannien

Indien

India

Inde Politique et gouvernement 1765-1947

Inde Histoire 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)

India Politics and government 1765-1947

India History British occupation, 1765-1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from eBook information screen..

Nota di contenuto

Reading colonial erotics -- The economy of colonial desire -- Manufacturing masculinity -- Imperial feminism in an age of homosocial colonialism : Flora Annie Steel's On the face of the waters -- Cartographies of homosocial terror : Kipling's gothic tales and Kim -- A grammar of colonial desire : E.M. Forster's Passage to India.

Sommario/riassunto

Establishes the homosocial dynamics of colonial desire as evidenced in Orientalist narrative.