Language-specific factors in first language acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : the expression of motion events in French and German / / Anne-Katharina Harr

• Autore: Harr Anne-Katharina
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Disciplina: 370
• Soggetto topico: Language acquisition
• Soggetto non controllato: Child Language Development; French; German; Language Acquisition; Semantics
• Classificazione: ER 920
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. State of the art -- pt. II. Experimental study on the expression of motion events in French and German -- pt. III. Discussion.
• Sommario/riassunto: A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six years on use structures that are similar to those of adults in their language group and also encode all semantic components from an early age. In striking contrast, French children up to ten years have difficulties producing some of the complex structures that are necessary for the simultaneous expression of several semantic components. Nonetheless, in addition to these striking cross-linguistic differences, the results of
• Titolo autorizzato: Language-specific factors in first language acquisition
• ISBN: 1-61451-174-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779724903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies on language acquisition ; ; 48.