The acquisition of reference / / edited by Ludovica Serratrice, University of Manchester ; Shanley E.M. Allen, University of Kaiserslautern

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.456
• Soggetto topico: Reference (Linguistics); Language acquisition; Language awareness in children; Applied linguistics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SerratriceLudovica; AllenShanley
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Acquisition of Reference; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction: An overview of the acquisition of reference; 1. Why reference?; 2. A historical approach to argument realization in child language; 3. Discourse-relevant influences on children's referential choice; 4. Child-related influences on referential choice; 5. Looking to the future; References; 2. The acquisition of nominal determiners: Evidence from cross-linguistic approaches; 1. Introduction; 2. The emergence of determiners: Cross-linguistic evidence of determiner use ; 3. Prosodic and morpho-phonological influences on determiner emergence4. Lexical-semantic and discourse influences; 5. Input influences: The relations between child speech and child-directed speech; 6. The development of the determiner systems; 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 3. Mapping information structure and word order: The acquisition of object placement; 1. Introduction; 2. Three types of object displacement phenomena; 3. The acquisition of object placement; 4. General discussion; 5. Concluding remarks and future prospects; Acknowledgments; References ; 4. Children's use of intonation in reference and the role of input1. Introduction; 2. Relevant theoretical distinctions; 3. Adults' use of intonation in reference; 4. Children's use of intonation in reference; 5. Intonation in reference in infant-directed speech; 6. Conclusions and future research; Acknowledgements; References; 5. The role of gesture in referential communication: A developmental perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-linguistic stage; 3. One-word stage; 4. Two-word stage; 5. Later preschool stage; 6. Middle childhood; 7. Conclusion and future directions; Acknowledgements ; References6. The role of cognitive accessibility in children's referential choice; 1. Introduction; 2. Studies on children's sensitivity to accessibility in referential choice; 3. Developmental patterns; 4. Interplay between accessibility factors; 5. Additional influences on children's referential choice with relation to accessibility; 6. Explanations for sensitivity to accessibility; 7. Conclusion and future directions; Acknowledgements; References; 7. Acquisition and use of pronouns in a dialogic perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. First and second person pronouns in dialogue ; 3. Third person pronouns in dialogue4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 8. From early to late mastery of reference: Multifunctionality and linguistic diversity; 1. Introduction; 2. Form-function systems across languages; 3. Early phases of child language; 4. Later phases of child language; 5. Crosslinguistic variation in development; 6. Discussion and concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References ; 9. Online evidence for children's interpretation of personal pronouns; 1. Introduction; 2. The rationale for using the VWP to study pronoun interpretation in children ; 3. Reflexives and pronouns in language acquisition research: Theoretical questions
• Titolo autorizzato: The acquisition of reference
• ISBN: 90-272-6789-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460631803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Trends in language acquisition research ; ; 15.