Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition - Couverture rigide

 
9789027241375: Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027241376 ISBN 13 : 9789027241375
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different linguistic approaches into account. They start from an empirical point of view, and examine data from natural first and second language acquisition, which cover a wide range of varieties, from early learner language to native speaker production and from gesture to Creole prototypes. The central theme is the interplay between principles of information structure and linguistic structure and its impact on the functioning and development of the learner's system. The papers examine language-internal explanatory factors and in particular the communicative and structural forces that push and shape the acquisition process, and its outcome. On the theoretical level, the approach adopted appeals both to formal and communicative constraints on a learner’s language in use. Two empirical domains provide a 'testing ground' for the respective weight of grammatical versus functional determinants in the acquisition process: (1) the expression of finiteness and scope relations at the utterance level and (2) the expression of anaphoric relations at the discourse level.

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The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different linguistic approaches into account. They start from an empirical point of view, and examine data from natural first and second language acquisition, which cover a wide range of varieties, from early learner language to native speaker production and from gesture to Creole prototypes. The central theme is the interplay between principles of information structure and linguistic structure and its impact on the functioning and development of the learner's system. The papers examine language-internal explanatory factors and in particular the communicative and structural forces that push and shape the acquisition process, and its outcome. On the theoretical level, the approach adopted appeals both to formal and communicative constraints on a learner’s language in use. Two empirical domains provide a 'testing ground' for the respective weight of grammatical versus functional determinants in the acquisition process: (1) the expression of finiteness and scope relations at the utterance level and (2) the expression of anaphoric relations at the discourse level.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027241376
ISBN 13 
9789027241375
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
365
Éditeur
Dimroth Christine, Starren Marianne
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1588114120 ISBN 13 :  9781588114129
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003
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