The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns

2011-09-08
The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns
Author: Dieter Wanner
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2011-09-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110893061
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The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.

The Acquisition of French

2009
The Acquisition of French
Author: Philippe Prévost
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027253129
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This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and acquisition by children with Specific Language Impairment within the theoretical framework of generative grammar. This approach allows for multiple comparisons across acquisition contexts, which provides the reader with invaluable insights into the nature of the acquisition process. The book is divided into four parts each dealing with a major morphosyntactic domain of acquisition: the verbal domain, the pronominal domain, the nominal domain, and the CP domain. Each part contains four chapters, the first one presenting an overview of the basic facts and analyses of the relevant properties of French, and the next three focusing on the different acquisition contexts. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the acquisition of French and in language development in general. It is also meant to stimulate cross-linguistic research from a theoretical perspective."

Acquiring Sociolinguistic Variation

2017-09-30
Acquiring Sociolinguistic Variation
Author: Gunther De Vogelaer
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2017-09-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027265283
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The study of how linguistic variation is acquired is considered a nascent field in both psycho- and sociolinguistics. Within that research context, this book aims at two objectives. First, it wants to help bridging the gap between researchers working on acquisition from different theoretical backgrounds. The book therefore includes contributions by both psycho- and sociolinguists, and by representatives of further relevant sub-disciplines of linguistics, including historical linguistics and dialectology. Second, in order to enable cross-linguistic comparison, the book brings together research carried out in different sociolinguistic constellations, as most obviously found in different language areas or different countries.

Developments in the Acquisition of Clitics

2014-03-17
Developments in the Acquisition of Clitics
Author: Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2014-03-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1443857408
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The present volume presents new theoretical and empirical findings on the acquisition and development of clitics in and across different languages. It features ten chapters that largely emerged from the CYCL1A Workshop on the Acquisition of Clitics held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in May 2012. These chapters explore issues pertaining to the first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition of clitic pronouns. There is an emphasis on Greek, with the first four chapters discussing mono- and bilingual acquisition of clitics in Cypriot Greek and the next two chapters on Standard Modern Greek. Three contributions focus on Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, and European Portuguese, respectively. The last chapter of this volume is an invited contribution by Ken Wexler on the Unique Checking Constraint as an explanation of clitic omission in normal and SLI development. This volume will constitute a valuable reference guide for current work on the acquisition of clitic pronouns.

The Acquisition of French in Different Contexts

2004-02-26
The Acquisition of French in Different Contexts
Author: Philippe Prévost
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2004-02-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027295778
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This volume is a collection of studies by some of the foremost researchers of French acquisition in the generative framework. It provides a unique perspective on cross-learner comparative research in that each chapter examines the development of one component of the grammar (functional categories) across different contexts in French learners: i.e. first language acquisition, second language acquisition, bilingual first language acquisition and specifically-language impaired acquisition. This permits readers to see how similar issues and morphosyntactic properties can be investigated in a range of various acquisition situations, and in turn, how each context can contribute to our general understanding of how these morphosyntactic properties are acquired in all learners of the same language. This state-of-the-art collection is enhanced by an introductory chapter that provides background on current formal generative theory, as well as a summary and synthesis of the major trends emerging from the individual studies regarding the acquisition of different functional categories across different learner contexts in French.

Challenging Clitics

2013-06-15
Challenging Clitics
Author: Christine Meklenborg Salvesen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2013-06-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027271941
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Challenging Clitics deals with multiple sides of cliticisation from different theoretical frameworks and with data from a number of different languages. Unlike many other books on clitics where clitics are considered from a mere syntactical point of view, this book also discusses the acquisition of clitics; the role of the PF in cliticisation; the morphophonological aspects of cliticisation; and historical change – to name but a few of the approaches presented. As such this collection presents cutting edge theoretical considerations as well as new data on clitics. Taken together, the contributions in this volume not only provide insight into the extremely complex nature of clitics, but also into derivations and structures in language that go beyond the study of clitics themselves.

Input and Experience in Bilingual Development

2014-10-15
Input and Experience in Bilingual Development
Author: Theres Grüter
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027269459
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Children acquiring two languages, either simultaneously or sequentially, have more variation in their linguistic input than their monolingual peers. Understanding the nature and consequences of this variability has been the focus of much recent research on childhood bilingualism. This volume constitutes the first collection of research solely dedicated to the topic of input in childhood bilingualism. Chapters represent a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of childhood bilingualism, covering a variety of language combinations and sociocultural contexts in Europe, Israel, North and South America. As a reflection of the field’s current understanding of the intricate relationship between experience and development in children growing up with two or more languages, this volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working with bi- and multilingual learners in various sociolinguistic and educational contexts.

Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 2

2014-01-31
Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 2
Author: Nikolaos Lavidas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311039930X
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In the three volumes of Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, the editors guide the reader through a well-selected compendium of works, presenting a fresh look at contemporary linguistics. Aimed at specialists or anyone interested in languages, this publication deals with both theoretical issues and applied linguistics, looking closely at discourse analysis, gender and lexicography, language acquisition and language disorders.

The Acquisition of Italian

2015-07-15
The Acquisition of Italian
Author: Adriana Belletti
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027268533
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A major contribution to the study of language acquisition and language development inspired by theoretical linguistics has been made by research on the acquisition of Italian syntax. This book offers an updated overview of results from theory-driven experimental and corpus-based research on the acquisition of Italian in different modes (monolingual, early and late L2, SLI, etc.), as well as exploring possible developments for future research. The book focuses on experimental studies which address research questions generated by linguistic theory, providing a detailed illustration of the fruitful interaction between linguistic theorizing and developmental studies. The authors are leading figures in theoretical linguistics and language acquisition; their own work is featured in the research presented here. Students and advanced researchers will benefit from the systematic review offered by this book and the critical assessment of the field that it provides.