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Semantics in Acquisition
Veerle Van . Ed(S): Geenhoven
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Description for Semantics in Acquisition
Paperback. This book is unique in that it relates two linguistic subfields: Semantics and Language Acquisition. The volume contains a collection of writings that focuses on semantic phenomena and their interpretation in the analysis of the language of a learner. Editor(s): Geenhoven, Veerle van. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
A good deal of work in language acquisition has been devoted to children’s interpretation of sentences that contain the universal quantifier, e. g. , every in English. It has been observed in several experimental studies and across several languages that some school-age children experience difficulty in interpreting such sentences (e. g. , Inhelder & Piaget, 1964; Roeper & de Villiers, 1991; Philip, 1995). Non-adult responses from children have been found in various conditions, including the circumstance exemplified in the picture in Figure 1, where three boys are each riding an elephant and a fourth elephant (referred to as the ‘extra-object’) ... Read more
A good deal of work in language acquisition has been devoted to children’s interpretation of sentences that contain the universal quantifier, e. g. , every in English. It has been observed in several experimental studies and across several languages that some school-age children experience difficulty in interpreting such sentences (e. g. , Inhelder & Piaget, 1964; Roeper & de Villiers, 1991; Philip, 1995). Non-adult responses from children have been found in various conditions, including the circumstance exemplified in the picture in Figure 1, where three boys are each riding an elephant and a fourth elephant (referred to as the ‘extra-object’) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402044847
SKU
V9781402044847
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About Veerle Van . Ed(S): Geenhoven
Veerle Van Geenhoven is a formal semanticist with a primary interest in crosslinguistic research. She received a 'Dr.phil.' degree in linguistics from the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, in 1996, and a university lecturing qualification (Habilitation) from the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany, in 2005. She held positions at the University of Stuttgart, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the University of ... Read more
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