How the frequency of language exposure and social integrity influence a children's language acquisition abilities

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,4, University of Hamburg (IAA), course: Second And Third Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this term paper is to analyze the influences that the frequencies of language exposures and usage have on learners of a language. The analysis draws upon several theories, mentioned in Nick Ellis's "Frequency-based accounts of second language acquisition" and a "Longitudinal Study of Lexical Development in Children Learning Vietnamese and English" by Giang Pham and Kathryn Kohnert, who tested the language acquisition abilities of Vietnamese-American children that learned Vietnamese as a first language and English as a second language.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hendrik Wonsak
• Edition: Grin Verlag
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783668267558
• ISBN: 978-3-668-26755-8
• Pages: 20
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 1 mm
• Poids: 45 g
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée