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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816553103321

Autore

Clahsen Harald

Titolo

Child language and developmental dysphasia [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic studies of the acquisition of German / / Harald Clahsen ; translated by Karin Richman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991

ISBN

1-283-42449-5

9786613424495

90-272-7763-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 pages)

Collana

Studies in speech pathology and clinical linguistics, , 0927-1813 ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general

German language - Acquisition

Language disorders in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A revised version of the author's postdoctoral thesis, University of Düsseldorf, 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-344) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. First language acquisition -- pt. 2. Developmental dysphasia.

Sommario/riassunto

The subject of this two part work is the acquisition of language structure in which the development of syntax and morphology is examined by investigations on children without language problems and on children with developmental dysphasia. The author uses a comparative acquisition study to provide insights into the structure and development of the language acquisition device, which cannot be obtained by isolated analysis of only one type of learning. The theoretical framework used for the investigations is the learnability theory, in which acquisition models are proposed which are heavil