Language change in child and adult Hebrew : a psycholinguistic perspective / Dorit Diskin Ravid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravid, Dorit Diskin, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew language--Acquisition.

Hebrew language.

Hebrew language--Variation.

Hebrew language--Inflection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing the language development in Hebrew-speakers from childhood to adulthood, this study focuses on inflectional morphology (the grammatical form of words). It explores strategies of language acquisition in speakers of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Contents:

Contents; Technical Notes; 1. Background; 2. The Study; 3. Analysis of Results: The Effects of Literacy and Maturation; 4. Structural Opacity; 5. Principles and Strategies in Language Acquisition and in Language Processing; 6. Linguistic Variation and Cost; 7. Language Variation and Language Change: Some More Answers; Notes; References; Appendices; Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772187-7

0-19-535813-9

1-280-52750-1

1-4294-0656-9

OCLC:

476008458