Development Of Modality In First Language Acquisition
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Author | : Ursula Stephany |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 685 |
Release | : 2021-03-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1501504355 |
This book deals with the development of modality from a crosslinguistic perspective and is closely related to two earlier volumes on the development of verb and nominal inflection in first language acquisition (SOLA 21 and 30) both methodologically and theoretically. Each of the fourteen contributions studies the early development of the form and function of expressions of deontic and dynamic agent-oriented modality or epistemic and evidential propositional modality in one of fourteen languages belonging to different morphological types and language families (seven Indo-European and seven non-Indo-European). The analyses are mainly based on longitudinal observations of children in their 2nd and 3rd years of life in conversational interaction with their caregivers, mostly the mothers. Main issues addressed are the development of directives and modulations of information in terms of certainty and evidentiality, also taking into account children’s developing social-pragmatic and cognitive skills. One of the main findings is that agent-oriented and propositional modality may develop in parallel depending on the typological characteristics of the language acquired. The decisive factor is whether notions of propositional modality are grammaticized and obligatorily expressed in the language. The findings are interpreted within non-nativist theoretical frameworks (Usage-based theories, Natural Morphology).
Author | : Ursula Stephany |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781501512452 |
Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.
Author | : Paul Fletcher |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1986-05-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521277808 |
An invaluable resource for students and professionals alike with an interest in child language acquisition.
Author | : Jan Nuyts |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 2016-09-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0191646342 |
This handbook offers an in depth and comprehensive state of the art survey of the linguistic domains of modality and mood. An international team of experts in the field examines the full range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the many facets of the phenomena involved. Parts 1 and 2 of the volume present the basic linguistic facts about the systems of modality and mood in the languages of the world, covering the semantics and the expression of different subtypes of modality and mood respectively. The authors also examine the interaction of modality and mood, mutually and with other semantic categories such as aspect, time, negation, and evidentiality. In Part 3, authors discuss the features of the modality and mood systems in five typologically different language groups, while chapters in Part 4 deal with wider perspectives on modality and mood: diachrony, areality, first language acquisition, and sign language. Finally, Part 5 looks at how modality and mood are handled in different theoretical approaches: formal syntax, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and construction grammar, and formal semantics.
Author | : Jozina Vander Klok |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2022-11-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110721473 |
Current semantic fieldwork research has shown that the study of modality cannot be conducted via translation alone, yet much of what we know about modal expressions across the world’s language is still translation-based. This book aims to facilitate the study of modality across more diverse languages and a wider participant base by explaining and illustrating a nuanced set of methods, including storyboards, questionnaires, corpora research, experimental tasks, as well as a discussion of practical semantic fieldwork techniques. The methodological protocols tested and employed by the authors on underdescribed languages - spanning seven different language families - are intended to be applicable as cross-linguistic tools, while also indicating the successes and challenges of their contributions. Expanding the study of modality to a wider set of underdescribed languages will undoubtedly bring new insights into our theoretical understanding of modality and deepen our understanding of a cross-linguistic typology of modal expressions.
Author | : Emmanuelle Labeau |
Publisher | : Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2012-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9401207186 |
Tense, aspect and mood have attracted much attention in the areas of both first and second language acquisition, but scholars in the two disciplines often fail to learn from each other. Western European languages have also been the focus of most studies, but there would be lessons to learn from less studied languages. This volume offers new insights on tense, aspect and mood by bringing together the findings of first and second language acquisition, and comparing child and adult, monolingual and multilingual learning processes that are approached from various theoretical points of view. In addition, it spans over a wide range of less studied languages (Bulgarian, Hebrew, Korean, Russian), and Western European languages are studied from new angles.
Author | : William Frawley |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2008-08-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 311019757X |
This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters. Key features: new series textbook covers the essentials of modality
Author | : Jan Nuyts |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 689 |
Release | : 2016-09-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0191646334 |
This handbook offers an in depth and comprehensive state of the art survey of the linguistic domains of modality and mood. An international team of experts in the field examine the full range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the many facets of the phenomena involved. Following an opening section that provides an introduction and historical background to the topic, the volume is divided into five parts. Parts 1 and 2 present the basic linguistic facts about the systems of modality and mood in the languages of the world, covering the semantics and the expression of different subtypes of modality and mood respectively. The authors also examine the interaction of modality and mood, mutually and with other semantic categories such as aspect, time, negation, and evidentiality. In Part 3, authors discuss the features of the modality and mood systems in five typologically different language groups, while chapters in Part 4 deal with wider perspectives on modality and mood: diachrony, areality, first language acquisition, and sign language. Finally, Part 5 looks at how modality and mood are handled in different theoretical approaches: formal syntax, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and construction grammar, and formal semantics.
Author | : Anne Baker |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2009-01-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 902728959X |
How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual child’s communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do research in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools. The contributions to this volume address issues covering the basics of doing sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of transcription, analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It serves as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign languages who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally published as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 8:1/2 (2005)
Author | : Wolfgang Klein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1986-01-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521317023 |
An up-to-date account of the main problems and theoretical and practical issues raised by second language acquisition research. As such, this introduction provides students with a "real" understanding of the fundamental topics in the field and the advances achieved by empirical research.