Isbn: 9780521034517 - first verbs, grammar child language: a case study of early grammatical development (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. First Verbs is a useful book for developmental psychologists, linguists, language development researchers and speech pathologists. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600. . 2008. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - During the second year of his daughter's life, Michael Tomasello kept a detailed diary of her language, creating a rich database. He made a careful study of how she acquired her first verbs and analysed the role that verbs played in her early grammatical development. Using a Cognitive Linguistics framework, the author argues persuasively that the child's earliest grammatical organization is verb-specific (the Verb Island hypothesis). He argues further that early language is acquired by means of very general cognitive and social-cognitive processes, especially event structures and cultural learning. The richness of the database and the analytical tools used make First Verbs a particularly useful and important book for developmental psychologists, linguists, language development researchers and speech pathologists.…