Language-Specific Factors in First Language Acquisition

The Expression of Motion Events in French and German
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61451-226-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 389 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

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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 this study also clearly show similar developmental progressions in other respects, suggesting the impact of general developmental determinants.

Zielgruppe

Linguists, Psycholinguists, Cognitive and Developmental Psychologists, and those who are concerned with the study of first language acquisition

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harr, Anne-Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Über Autor(innen)

Anne-Katharina Harr, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.