Processes in child first language acquisition can be a locus of contact﹊nduced language change, yet they have received little attention in the language contact literature. This chapter outlines theories and empirical case studies of children significantly influencing change during the emergence of new ...
As for the parametric features, Korean has a Subject-Verb-Object (SOV) word order, and the noun phrases (NPs) are marked by Case. Korean case markers are dropped relatively freely in the informal or casual speech of adults. Numerous acquisition studies of Korean (e.g., Y. Kim 1992, S...
as well as others who have partially lost their heritage language in the process of learning English (Tse, 2001). Commonly, a student may speak a language satisfactorily but be challenged by reading or writing it. Whatever the case, each bilingual student poses unique challenges...
Constraints on learning and their role in language acquisition: Studies of the acquisition of American sign language The general question raised here is why the young child is superior to older children and adults at language acquisition, while at the same time inferior t... EL Newport - 《Lan...
cognitive science,Language acquisition,Learning,learning to communicate My dear reader, I read a fascinating article (in Hungarian) a few weeks ago (which was accessiblehere in Hungarianbut since the publication of this text, is has become unavailable – sorry for the inconvenience) that I found ...
Studies have reported that parents being important participants in a communication context; the nature of parent-child interaction would be one of the important components that would affect the language acquisition process in children. The present study attempted to explore patterns of mother’s...
Studies of children’s language acquisition do not concentrate explicitly on the parameters that are involved in the model presented here; however, examination of the reported studies in this field can identify several findings that are supportive of the model. The main hypothesis concerning verb ac...
This paper uses data concerning the acquisition of Quechua causatives to explore the development of morphological features that reflect variation in argument structure: (1) case-marking on the causees of morphological causatives and (2) ... EH Courtney - 《First Language》 被引量: 18发表: 2002...
There are also studies that show that the acquisition of pronouns after the critical age is especially difficult or even impossible (see the discussion of Genie's case in Lust 2006: 95).This article gives an analysis of the acquisition of Estonian personal and demonstrative pronouns. In Estonian...
Language AcquisitionLakshmanan, U. (1993/1994). "The boy for the cookie" - Some evidence for the nonviolation of the case filter in child second language acquisition. Language Acquisition 3: 55-91.Lakshmanan, U. (1993/94). The boy for the cookie: Some evidence for the non-violation of ...