Children's discourse : person, space and time across languages / Maya Hickmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickmann, Maya, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 98.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Space and time in language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comparative study explores two central questions in the study of first language acquisition: What is the relative impact of structural and functional determinants? What is universal versus language-specific during development? Maya Hickmann addresses these questions in three domains of child language: reference to entities, the representation of space, and uses of temporal-aspectual markings. She provides a thorough review of different theoretical approaches to language acquisition and a wide range of developmental research, as well as examining all three domains in English, French, German and Chinese narratives. Hickmann's findings concern the rhythm of acquisition, the interplay among different factors (syntactic, semantic, pragmatic) determining children's uses, and universal versus variable aspects of acquisition. Her conclusions stress the importance of relating sentence and discourse determinants of acquisition in a crosslinguistic perspective. Children's Discourse will be welcomed by those working in psychology and language-related disciplines interested in first language acquisition.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1 Introduction; I Available theories and data; II A cross-linguistic study of children s narratives; Appendix; Notes; References; Indexes

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-382) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-12738-6

1-280-41876-1

0-511-17809-3

0-511-03984-0

0-511-14861-5

0-511-32591-6

0-511-48678-2

0-511-05410-6

OCLC:

437063333