Language Change in Child and Adult Hebrew - A Psycholinguistic Perspective

Zusatztext ...this book is a worthwhile contribution to the study of language change in progress. Klappentext In this book Dorit Ravid studies contemporary speakers of Hebrew, focusing in particular on inflectional morphology (the grammatical form of words). She traces language development from childhood to adulthood in Hebrew speakers, and explores strategies of language acquisition and variation in the spoken Hebrew of speakers of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Zusammenfassung The study of language acquisition has taken on new meaning in the last decade. Now seen as part of the study of other forms of language variation across time and space, such as dialects and sociolects, and the study of pidgins and creoles, it can help to provide a new understanding of how language evolves and what directs its development. Dorit Ravid here provides a study of contemporary speakers of Hebrew, focusing in particular on inflectional morphology. She traces language development from childhood to adulthood in Hebrew speakers, and explores strategies of language acquisition and variation in the spoken Hebrew of speakers of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Product details

• Authors: Dorit Ravid, Dorit Diskin Ravid, Dorit Diskin (Lecturer Ravid
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.1995
• EAN: 9780195090369
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509036-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguis
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language acquisition, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Hebrew