The acquisition of French : the development of inflectional morphology and syntax in L1 acquisition, bilingualism, and L2 acquisition / Philippe Prevost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prévost, Philippe, 1966-

Series:

Language acquisition & language disorders ; 51.

Language acquisition and language disorders, 0925-0123 ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

French language--Acquisition.

French language.

Second language acquisition.

Bilingualism in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations - first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and acquisition by children with Specific Language Impairment - within the theoretical framework of generative grammar. This approach allows for multiple comparisons across acquisition contexts, which provides the reader with invaluable insights into the nature of the acquisition process. The book is divided into four parts each dealing with a major morphosyntactic domain of acquisition: the verbal domain, the pronominal domain, the nominal domain, and the CP domain. Each part contains four chapters, the first one presenting an overview of the basic facts and analyses of the relevant properties of French, and the next three focusing on the different acquisition contexts. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the acquisition of French and in language development in general. It is also meant to stimulate cross-linguistic research from a theoretical perspective.

Contents:

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. The verbal domain

The verbal domain: syntactic assumptions

The verbal domain in child L1 French

The verbal domain in French bilingual acquisition and in children with SLI learning French

The verbal domain in French L2 acquisition

Part II. Subject and object pronouns

Subject and object pronouns: morphosyntactic background

Subject and object pronouns in child L1 French

Subject and object pronouns in French bilingual acquisition and in children with SLI learning French

Subject and object pronouns in L2 French acquisition

Part III. Determiner phrases

Determiner phrases: morphosyntactic assumptions

Determiner phrases in child L1 French

The development of DPs in French bilingual acquisition and in children with SLI learning French

Determiner phrases in L2 French acquisition

Part IV. Questions and embedded clauses

Questions and embedded clauses in French: facts and analyses

Questions and embedded clauses in child L1 French

The development of questions and embedded clauses in French bilingual acquisition and in children with SLI learning French

Questions and embedded clauses in L2 French acquisition

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612444920

9781282444928

1282444921

9789027288851

9027288852

OCLC:

649901455