Information structure and the dynamics of language acquisition

Information structure and the dynamics of language acquisition / edited by Christine Dimroth, Marianne Starren.

The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different linguistic approaches into account. They start from an empirical point of view, and examine data from natural first and second language acquisition, which cover a wide range of va...

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Other Authors: Dimroth, Christine, Starren, Marianne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2003.
Series:Studies in bilingualism ; v. 26.
Subjects:
Language acquisition.
Scope (Linguistics)
Anaphora (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics.
Language acquisition
Informatiestructuren (linguïstiek)
Taalverwerving.
Acquisition du langage.
Anaphore.
Acquisition d'une langue seconde.
Analyse du discours.
Pragmatique (Langage)
Sémantique.
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Table of Contents:
  • Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Finiteness and scope relations; Development of verb morphology and finiteness in children and adults acquiring French; "Tinkering'' with chunks; Finiteness in Germanic languages; On the similarities of L1 and L2 acquisition; Negation and relational predicates in French and English as second languages; The copula in learner Italian; The interaction between the development of verb morphology and the acquisition of temporal adverbs of contrast.

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