The development of grammar : language acquisition and diachronic change : in honour of Jürgen M. Meisel / edited by E. Rinke, Tanja Kupisch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rinke, Esther.

Kupisch, Tanja.

Meisel, Jürgen M.

Series:

Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 11.

Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language acquisition.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Linguistic change.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

viii, 414 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Summary:

This book dedicated to Jurgen M. Meisel on the occasion of his 65th birthday (March 2009) presents papers from a workshop in Hamburg, Germany that brought together friends, colleagues, and former students. Editors Esther Rinke (Goethe U. Frankfurt) and Tanja Kupisch (U. of Hamburg) have arranged 25 papers in sections under the broad themes of the similarities and differences between children learning their first and second languages; the acquisition of sentence structure and functional categories; autonomous development vs. crosslinguistic influence in bilingual first language acquisition; and language acquisition, language contact, and diachronic change. These are all areas to which Meisel has contributed. A sampling of specific topics: placement of infinitives in successive child language acquisition, strict interfaces and three kinds of multiple grammar, delay and acceleration in bilingual first language acquisition, and the relation between acceptability and frequency. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789027219312

9027219311

9789027287113

9027287112

OCLC:

695860287