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Author : Gilda Socarras
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441134080
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Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027252971
This is the first book on the acquisition of Spanish that provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of Spanish morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual situations. Its content is organized around key grammatical themes that form the empirical base of research in generative grammar: nominal and verbal inflectional morphology, subject and object pronouns, complex structures involving movement (topicalizations, questions, relative clauses), and aspects of verb meaning that have consequences for syntax. The book argues that Universal Grammar constrains all instances of language acquisition and that there is a fundamental continuity between monolingual, bilingual, child and adult early grammatical systems. While stressing their similarities with respect to linguistic representations and processes, the book also considers important differences between these three acquisition situations with respect to the outcome of acquisition. It is also shown that many linguistic properties of Spanish are acquired earlier than in English and other languages. This book is a must read for those interested in the acquisition of Spanish from different theoretical perspectives as well as those working on the acquisition of other languages in different contexts.
Author : Carmen Silva-Corvalán
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107024267
An in-depth and meticulous study of the English-Spanish bilingual development of two siblings from their first word to age six.
Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin,Avizia Y. Long,Megan Solon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317417194
This volume offers an introduction to the field of second language acquisition with a particular focus on second language Spanish. It connects key issues in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language to theoretical and empirical issues in the field of second language acquisition more generally by exemplifying central concepts in second language acquisition through the exploration of the most widely researched structures and most recent developments in the field of second language Spanish. It is written for a non-specialist audience, making it suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and readers, while its treatment of recent empirical developments also makes it of interest to researchers in second language Spanish as well as allied fields.
Author : Tiffany Judy,Silvia Perpiñán
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269089
By examining the acquisition of Spanish in combination with languages other than English (Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Nahuatl, Quechua, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish), this volume advances novel data pertinent to the field’s understanding of acquisition of Spanish in the XXI century. Its crosslinguistic nature invites us to reconsider major theoretical questions such as the role of L1 transfer, linguistic typology, and onset of acquisition from a fresh perspective, and to question the validity of the traditional parameter (re)setting perspective taken in SLA. Additionally, this volume underscores the necessity of providing accurate descriptions of the language pairings investigated, emphasizing the interconnection between linguistic and SLA theory, and pushing us to a more atomic view of the system in which features and feature bundles mapped onto lexical items comprise the skeleton of language. This volume is of great relevance for researchers and students of SLA alike.
Author : Emma Ticio Quesada
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263223
This monograph examines the first syntactic unit in child language by presenting a longitudinal multiple-case study that focuses on the inner structure of nominal expressions in bilingual or monolingual child Spanish. This compilation of case studies offers the first insight on some of the properties of nominal expressions in bilingual or monolingual child Spanish and test some of the current theoretical proposals to analyze the main syntactic properties and operations within the nominal phrase. The findings of the study suggest new directions to address some core questions about monolingual and bilingual language acquisition taking as a point of departure the notion of economy, prevalent in the most recent theoretical discussion. Given the combination of empirical and theoretical discussions, this monograph will be appealing to a broad range of researchers in syntax and language acquisition.
Author : Cristóbal González Salgado,Encina Alonso Arija
Publisher : Oxford University Press - Children
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781382011211
Developed directly with the IB to be fully integrated with the revised MYP Language Acquisition framework, for first teaching in 2020. This comprehensive, inquiry-based resource equips learners to acquire and practice essential language skills while developing wider conceptual and contextual awareness. An inquiry-led, concept-based approach applies key and related concepts to relevant learning material, helping you fully deliver the MYP approach and build meaningful conceptual connections. Fully comprehensive, the resource addresses all the topics suggested in the MYP Language Acquisition Framework to help learners progress into the Diploma Programme.
Author : Alvino E. Fantini
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015011480012
This book is a sociolinguistic analysis of language acquisition based on the longitudinal observation of one child, bilingual in Spanish and English.
Author : Alejandra Auza Benavides,Richard G. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319536460
Prominent researchers from the US, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Spain contribute experimental reports on language development of children who are acquiring Spanish. The chapters cover a wide range of dimensions in acquisition: comprehension and production; monolingualism and bilingualism; typical development, children who are at risk and children with language disorders, phonology, semantics, and morphosyntax. These studies will inform linguistic theory development in clinical linguistics as well as offer insights on how language works in relation to cognitive functions that are associated with when children understand or use language. The unique data from child language offer perspectives that cannot be drawn from adult language. The first part is dedicated to the acquisition of Spanish as a first or second language by typically-developing children, the second part offers studies on children who are at risk of language delays, and the third part focuses on children with specific language impairment, disorders and syndromes.
Author : Eve V. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521514132
In this volume, Eve V. Clark takes a comprehensive look at where and when children acquire a first language. All the major findings and debates are presented in a highly readable form.
Author : Maya Hickmann,Edy Veneziano,Harriet Jisa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265326
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.
Author : Jessica Diebowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110703047
The comparative investigation of the acquisition of gender in Spanish by early and late bilinguals of different language combinations is highly debated and crucial as the phenomenon of gender involves grammatical features that differ in all three languages under investigation. Against this background, both early and late bilinguals face an arduous learning task which differs in complexity. Couched within a generative framework, the empirical study focuses on 257 participants with different levels of proficiency in Spanish ranging from low to advanced, and through a series of tests aims to discover which extra-linguistic and intra-linguistic factors act as triggers for non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers and L2 learners. The observed morphological variability is argued not to stem from a representational (i.e. syntactic) deficit, but rather from a mapping problem in L2 learners and heritage speakers. Successful attainment in terms of gender is possible but dependent on the interplay between various extralinguistic and linguistic factors.
Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119457053
Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish. Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition
Author : David Ingram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521349168
This major textbook, setting new standards of clarity and comprehensiveness, will be welcomed by all serious students of first language acquisition. Written from a linguistic perspective, it provides detailed accounts of the development of children's receptive and productive abilities in all the core areas of language - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. With a critical acuity drawn from long experience, and without attempting to offer a survey of all the huge mass of child language literature, David Ingram directs students to the fundamental studies and sets these in broad perspective. Students are thereby introduced to the history of the field and the current state of our knowledge in respect of three main themes: method, description and explanation. Whilst the descriptive facts that are currently available on first language acquisition are central to the book, its emphasis on methodology and explanation gives it a particular distinction. The various ways in which research is conducted is discussed in detail, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, leading to new perspectives on key theoretical issues. First Language Acquisition provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students alike with a cogent and closely analysed exposition of how children acquire language in real time. Equally importantly, readers will have acquired the fundamental knowledge and skill not only to interpret primary literature but also to approach their own research with sophistication.
Author : Annick De Houwer
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847696281
Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages. It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development. It also includes new analyses of previously published materials. The book describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages. A recurrent theme is the large degree of variation between bilingual children. This variation in how children develop bilingually reflects the variation in their language learning environments. Positive attitudes from the people in bilingual children's language learning environments and their recognition that child bilingualism is not monolingualism-times-two are the main ingredients ensuring that children grow up to be happy and expert speakers of two languages.