Acquisition of Creole Languages - How Children Surpass Their Input

The first study into how children acquire Creoles as their first language in the absence of a conventional language model.

Sommario

1. Creole languages; 2. Issues in first language acquisition; 3. Complex Creole syntax; 4. Child Creole data; 5. Pronouns and reflexives; 6. Double-object constructions; 7. Passive constructions; 8. Serial verb constructions; 9. Acquisition without a conventional language model; Appendix A. Experimental materials on pronouns and reflexives; Appendix B. Experimental materials on double-object constructions; Appendix C. Experimental materials on passive constructions; Appendix D. Experimental materials on serial verb constructions.

Info autore

Dany Adone is a Professor of Applied English Linguistics, Director of the Australian Studies programme and Director of the Language Lab at the University of Cologne. She has also served as President of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dany Adone, Adone Dany
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107499850
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49985-0
• Pagine: 244
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Language acquisition, Pidgins and Creoles, Pidgins & Creoles