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):

Meisel, Jürgen M.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language acquisition.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

viii, 414 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume focuses on different aspects of language development. The contributions are concerned with similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, the acquisition of sentence structure and functional categories, cross-linguistic influence in bilingual first language acquisition as well as the relation between language acquisition, language contact and diachronic change. The recurrent topic of the volume is the link between linguistic variation and the limitation of structural variability in the framework of a well-defined theory of language. In this respect, the volume opens up new perspectives for future research.

Contents:

pt. 1. (2)L1 versus l2 versus child L2 : similarities and differences

pt. 2. The acquisition of sentence structure and functional categories

pt. 3. Autonomous development vs. crosslinguistic influence in bilingual first language acquisition

pt. 4. Language acquisition, language contact and diachronic change.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613122063

9781283122061

1283122065

9789027287113

9027287112

OCLC:

726734722