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Sources of variation in first language acquisition : languages, contexts, and learners / edited by Maya Hickmann, Edy Veneziano and Harriet Jisa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in language acquisition research ; 22.
- Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 1569-0644 ; volume 22.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language acquisition.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018.
- Summary:
- Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Although researchers are now increasingly concerned with one or another of these factors, this volume brings together research on three different sources of variation: language-specific properties, the nature of the input to children across contexts, and several aspects of the learners themselves. Chapters explore these sources of variation within an interdisciplinary and comparative approach allying theories and methodologies stemming from linguistics, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. The comparative perspective involves different languages, contexts of use, types of learners (first/second language acquisition, monolingual/bilingual learners, autism, language impairment), as well as vocal and visuo-gestural communicative modalities (co-verbal gestures, sign language acquisition). The volume points to the need to enhance interdisciplinary research using complementary methodologies to further examine sources of variation and to integrate variation into a more general developmental theory.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What can variation tell us about first language acquisition?
- Templates in child language
- Variation in input and contexts during acquisition
- Variation in types of acquisition and types of learners.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
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