Semantics and morphology of early adjectives in first language acquisition / edited by Elena Tribushinina, Maria D. Voeikova and Sabrina Noccetti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tribushinina, Elena, editor.

Voeĭkova, M. D., editor.

Noccetti, Sabrina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Adjective.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

This book is about how toddlers learn their first adjectives, such as, for example, red, big and tasty. Adjectives denote properties and enter child vocabularies later than words for objects (such as apple and tree) and actions (such as eat and run), probably due to lower frequencies in parental speech and greater conceptual complexity. Adjective acquisition has received relatively little attention in child language research. Furthermore, cross-linguistic studies of adjective learning are virtually non-existent. This book represents the first systematic analysis of how children learning typolo

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Author Index

Thematic Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 21, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8326-3

OCLC:

924631881