LEADER 04716nam 22007934a 450 001 9910818309403321 005 20230620174209.0 010 $a1-282-19402-X 010 $a9786612194023 010 $a3-11-019765-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110197655 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520860 035 $a(EBL)325608 035 $a(OCoLC)191926193 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214296 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299931 035 $a(PQKB)11039705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC325608 035 $a(DE-B1597)32236 035 $a(OCoLC)853235953 035 $a(OCoLC)948655877 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110197655 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL325608 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10197194 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219402 035 $a(OCoLC)191818371 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520860 100 $a20051122d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe acquisition of intensifiers $eemphatic reflexives in English and German child language /$fInsa Gu?lzow 210 1$aBerlin ;$aNew York :$cMouton de Gruyter,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies on language acquisition,$x1861-4248 ;$v22 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-11-018591-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tChapter 1 Intensifiers and agent-sensitive expressions --$tChapter 2 The expression x-self in acquisition studies --$tChapter 3 Intensifiers in German and English production data --$tBack matter 330 $aInsa Gülzow analyzes the acquisition of intensifiers by children acquiring German or English as their first language. Based on a comparative analysis of intensifiers and related expressions in the two languages, she examines the longitudinal production data of six German-speaking and six English-speaking children with regard to when and in which contexts the intensifiers German selbst/selber and English x-self (myself, yourself, himself, etc.) appear. As intensifiers evoke alternatives to the referent of their focus and relate a central referent to more peripheral alternative referents, they are an important linguistic means to structure the participants of a child's early discourse. By integrating intensifiers into their utterances, children can identify themselves as central. The notion of being included or excluded in a certain state of affairs is relevant for children when interacting with their parents and/or other children. In the course of development, children acquire a number of both linguistic and non-linguistic skills that characterize them as increasingly independent and competent agents. In this process, intensifiers are an important linguistic device with which children can negotiate and comment on their participation in a given event. The three parts of the volume consist first, of a detailed analysis of the intensifiers selbst/selber and x-self and related expressions such as allein and by x-self in the two languages. Special attention is given to the fact that in English, intensifiers and reflexive pronouns are identical expressions while in German they are distinct. Second, previous results of comprehension studies are carefully reviewed in order to relate them to the findings in longitudinal production data. Third, a detailed analysis of the children's early use of intensifiers and related expressions is presented. 410 0$aStudies on language acquisition ;$v22. 606 $aGerman language$xReflexives 606 $aEnglish language$xReflexives 606 $aGerman language$xAcquisition 606 $aEnglish language$xAcquisition 606 $aGerman language$xGrammar, Comparative$xEnglish 606 $aEnglish language$xGrammar, Comparative$xGerman 610 $aLanguage Acquisition. 610 $aReflexive-Markers. 615 0$aGerman language$xReflexives. 615 0$aEnglish language$xReflexives. 615 0$aGerman language$xAcquisition. 615 0$aEnglish language$xAcquisition. 615 0$aGerman language$xGrammar, Comparative$xEnglish. 615 0$aEnglish language$xGrammar, Comparative$xGerman. 676 $a435/.6 686 $aER 920$2rvk 700 $aGu?lzow$b Insa$f1967-$01695775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818309403321 996 $aThe acquisition of intensifiers$94096402 997 $aUNINA