Language Development and Individual Differences - A Study of Auxiliary Verb Learning

Zusammenfassung This book will be of value to all those interested in language acquisition! whether linguists! psychologists! speech therapists of lecturers in nursery! infant and special education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. Introductory Sections: 1. The auxiliary and the young language learner; 2. Rate of auxiliary verb learning in thirty-three children; Part II. Individual Differences and Auxiliary Verb Learning in Seven Children: 3. Research design; 4. Rate of development; 5. Indicators of analytic and piecemeal learning; 6. The complexity principle as an indicator of holistic learning; 7. Individual differences and the development of auxiliaries in tag questions; 8. The development of auxiliary DO; 9. The development of CAN; Part III: Environmental Influences and Individual Differences in Auxiliary Verb Learning: 10. Previous research; 11. Yes/No questions and rate of auxiliary learning for thirty-two children; 12. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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• Authors: Richards Brian J., Brian Richards, Brian J. Richards, Brian J. (University of Reading) Richards, Brian J. Professor Richards
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023412
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02341-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics