Language-specific factors in first language acquisition : the expression of motion events in French and German / Anne-Katharina Harr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harr, Anne-Katharina.

Series:

Studies on language acquisition ; 48.

Studies on language acquisition, 1861-4248 ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six years on use structures that are similar to those of adults in their language group and also encode all semantic components from an early age. In striking contrast, French children up to ten years have difficulties producing some of the complex structures that are necessary for the simultaneous expression of several semantic components. Nonetheless, in addition to these striking cross-linguistic differences, the results of

Contents:

pt. I. State of the art

pt. II. Experimental study on the expression of motion events in French and German

pt. III. Discussion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781614511748

1614511748

OCLC:

827211979