Translation and Meaning

Translation and Meaning
Author: Marcel Thelen
Publisher: Lodz Studies in Language
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Semantics
ISBN: 9783631663905

This book presents new and innovative ideas on the didactics of translation and interpreting. They include assessment methods and criteria, assessment of competences, graduate employability, placements, skills labs, the perceived skills gap between training and profession, the teaching of terminology, and curriculum design.

Child Language and Developmental Dysphasia

Child Language and Developmental Dysphasia
Author: Harald Clahsen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 361
Release: 1991
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027243328

The subject of this two part work is the acquisition of language structure in which the development of syntax and morphology is examined by investigations on children without language problems and on children with developmental dysphasia. The author uses a comparative acquisition study to provide insights into the structure and development of the language acquisition device, which cannot be obtained by isolated analysis of only one type of learning. The theoretical framework used for the investigations is the learnability theory, in which acquisition models are proposed which are heavily influenced by theoretical linguistics. Part I shows how child grammar acquisition can be explained in the framework of learnability theory and Part II deals with deficiencies in normal grammar acquisition using the learnability theory.

The Acquisition of Egyptian Arabic as a Native Language

The Acquisition of Egyptian Arabic as a Native Language
Author: Margaret K. Omar
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110819333

"In 1968 Margaret K. Omar (Nydell) spent four months in a small Egyptian village called Sheikh Mubarak. Located in Middle Egypt near Al-Minya, residents of Sheik Mubarak speak in a dialect closer to Sa'eedi, not the dialect spoken in Cairo. Omar spent time there conducting interviews, examinations, and taping sessions with children and families to study primary language acquisition in non-Western languages. Based on her fieldwork, Omar describes the physical and social environment in which the native language was learned, the development of early communication and speech, and when and how children learn the phonology, vocabulary, morphology, and syntactical patterns of Egyptian Arabic. Omar makes comparisons with aspects of language acquisition of other languages, primarily English, and explores implications for the theory of language acquisition. Originally published in 1973, this book is the most thorough and complete analysis of the stages in which children learn Arabic as a first language. The Arabic in this book is presented in transcription, making the information accessible to all linguists interested in language acquisition."--Publisher's description.

The Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars

The Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars
Author: Myrna Gopnik
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1997-06-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195354001

Is language somehow innate in the structure of the human brain, or is it completely learned? This debate is still at the heart of linguistics, especially as it intersects with psychology and cognitive science. In collecting papers which discuss the evidence and arguments regarding this difficult question, The Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars considers cases ranging from infants who are just beginning to learn the properties of a native language to language-impaired adults who will never learn one. These studies show that, while precursors of language exist in other creatures, the abilities necessary for constructing full-fledged grammars are part of the biological endowment of human beings. The essays that comprise this volume test the range and specificity of that endowment, while also contributing to our understanding of the intricate and complex relationship between language and biology.

Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition

Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition
Author: Clare Gallaway
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1994-04-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521437257

Language addressed to children, or 'Baby Talk', became the subject of research interest thirty years ago. Since then, the linguistic environment of infants and toddlers has been widely studied. Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition is an up-to-date statement of the facts and controversies surrounding 'Baby Talk', its nature and likely effects. With contributions from leading linguists and psychologists, it explores language acquisition in different cultures and family contexts, in typical and atypical learners, and in second and foreign language learners. It is designed as a sequel to the now famous Talking to Children, edited by Catherine Snow and Charles Ferguson, and Professor Snow here provides an introduction, comparing issues of importance in the field today with the previous concerns of researchers.

Linguistics and Psychoanalysis

Linguistics and Psychoanalysis
Author: Michel Arrivé
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1992
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027219451

between linguistic and psychoanalytic concepts necessarily arises. Until now this question has been examined mainly by psychoanalysts, from their own perspective, but here it is investigated by a linguist, who systematically explores two domains. The first is related to the sign and symbol, where the meeting of Freud, Saussure and Hjelmselv occurred; whereas in the second, that of the signifier, Saussure reappears escorted by Lacan. But Freud is not far away, since the.

Action Picture Test

Action Picture Test
Author: Catherine E. Renfrew
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1997
Genre: Communicative disorders in children
ISBN: 9780863883361

This test assesses, from short sentence answers to specified questions, the age levels of the information content and grammatical usage. It is suitable for the age range of 3 to 8 years. It contains 10 full-colour cards, photocopiable scoring form, and manual.

Lexical Functions in Lexicography and Natural Language Processing

Lexical Functions in Lexicography and Natural Language Processing
Author: Leo Wanner
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 377
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902723034X

Lexical Functions in Lexicography and Natural Language Processing is entirely devoted to the topic of Lexical Functions, which have been introduced in the framework of the Meaning-Text Theory (MTT) as a means for describing restricted lexical co-occurrence and derivational relations. It provides detailed background information, comparative studies of other known proposals for the representation of relations covered by Lexical Functions, as well as a selection of most important works done on and with Lexical Functions in lexicography and computational linguistics. This volume provides excellent course material while it also reports on the state-of-the-art in the field.