Download or read book Development of Modality in First Language Acquisition written by Ursula Stephany and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).

Download or read book Modality in Language Acquisition written by Norbert Dittmar and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1993 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From pragmatics to syntax written by Anna Giacalone Ramat and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1995 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Modality in Language Acquisition written by Ursula Stephany and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood written by Jan Nuyts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Modality and language acquisition How does the channel through which language is expressed affect how children and adults are able to learn written by Richard P. Meier and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The development of modality in language acquisition written by Ursula Stéphany and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Modality in Greek and English Child Language written by Francesca Cangeri and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Freiburg (Englisches Seminar), course: HS: The Syntax and Semantics of the English Verb Phrase, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Numerous studies concerning the acquisition of modality in first language have been published. Linguists have carried out many experimental and longitudinal studies in order to find out how the modality category develops in child language. To obtain straight-forward results researcher practice pilot studies with children subjects. This method has proved to be effective for the gathering of useful data about the development of modality. The comparison and the studies of the obtained results should help to give a clear-cut insight into the ontogenesis of modality. This term paper reports about an experimental and longitudinal study of the development of modality of Greek children realized by the linguist Ursula Stephany. Further an analysis of the acquisition of modality of American English speaking children has been done in order to compare the differences and the common characteristics of the development of modality in two distinct languages. Before starting to observe the process of modality development I will give a brief introduction on modality and on its sub-types. The latter play an important role for the understanding of the process of modality acquisition. The term paper's chapter about modality is based on Frank Palmer's Mood and Modality.

Download or read book Language Acquisition written by Paul Fletcher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-05-22 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable resource for students and professionals alike with an interest in child language acquisition.

Download or read book Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition written by Maya Hickmann and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Although researchers are now increasingly concerned with one or another of these factors, this volume brings together research on three different sources of variation: language-specific properties, the nature of the input to children across contexts, and several aspects of the learners themselves. Chapters explore these sources of variation within an interdisciplinary and comparative approach allying theories and methodologies stemming from linguistics, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. The comparative perspective involves different languages, contexts of use, types of learners (first/second language acquisition, monolingual/bilingual learners, autism, language impairment), as well as vocal and visuo-gestural communicative modalities (co-verbal gestures, sign language acquisition). The volume points to the need to enhance interdisciplinary research using complementary methodologies to further examine sources of variation and to integrate variation into a more general developmental theory.

Download or read book Modality in Language Acquisition Modalit et acquisition des langues written by Norbert Dittmar and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues

Download or read book Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics written by Beke Hansen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-12-24 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, Beke Hansen provides an in-depth analysis of variation and change in the expression of modality in second-language varieties of English by adopting an integrated sociolinguistic and corpus-based approach.

Download or read book Theoretical Issues in Language Acquisition written by Juergen Weissenborn and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent linguistic theory, there has been an explosion of detailed studies of language variation. This volume applies such recent analyses to the study of child language, developing new approaches to change and variation in child grammars and revealing both early knowledge in several areas of grammar and a period of extended development in others. Topics dealt with include question formation, "subjectless" sentences, object gaps, rules for missing subject interpretation, passive sentences, rules for pronoun interpretation and argument structure. Leading developmental linguists and psycholinguists show how linguistic theory can help define and inform a theory of the dynamics of language development and its biological basis, meeting the growing need for such studies in programs in linguistics, psychology, and cognitive science.

Download or read book The Handbook of Informal Language Learning written by Mark Dressman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive and unique examination of global language learning outside of the formal school setting Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is a one-of-a-kind reference work and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education environment. It features a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research areas exploring the cultural and historical cases of informal language learning, along with the growing area of digital language learning, and the future of this relevant field in national development and language education. The Handbook of Informal Language Learning examines informal language learning from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Structured across six sections, chapters cover areas of motivation, linguistics, cognition, and multimodality; digital learning, including virtual contexts, gaming, fanfiction, vlogging, mobile devices, and nonformal programs; and media and live contact, including learning through environmental print, tourism/study abroad. The book also provides studies of informal learning in four national contexts, examines the integration of informal and formal classroom learning, and discusses the future of language learning from different perspectives. Edited by respected researchers of computer-mediated communication and second language learning and teacher education Features contributions by leading international scholars reaching out to a global audience Presents an exciting and progressive selection of chapters in a rapidly expanding field of research and teaching Provides a state-of-the-art collection of the theories, as well as the historical, cultural and international cases relating to informal language learning and its future in a digital age Covers 30 key topics that represent pioneering findings and new research The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of language acquisition, English as a second language, and foreign language education.

Download or read book The Expression of Modality written by William Frawley and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book The Acquisition of Aspect and Modality written by Ayhan Aksu-Koç and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-03-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aksu-Koç's empirical research on Turkish children's acquisition of the past tense forms the basis for this original and important contribution to the current debate among psycholinguists on the interrelationship between language and cognitive development. Turkish, in its grammar, makes a clear distinction between direct and indirect experience, separating personal observation of processes from both inference and narrative. This distinction thus provides an ideal method of observing linguistic and neurolinguistic conceptual development. Aksu-Koç exploits this technique to its full advantage in a study conducted across a wide range of ages. The data are meticulously analyzed and the theoretical implications for a neo-Piagetian paradigm are carefully considered.

Download or read book The Second Language Acquisition of French Tense Aspect Mood and Modality written by Dalila Ayoun and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temporal-aspectual systems have a great potential of informing our understanding of the developing competence of second language learners. So far, the vast majority of empirical studies investigating L2 acquisition have largely focused on past temporality, neglecting the acquisition of the expression of the present and future temporalities with rare exceptions (aside from ESL learners), leaving unanswered the question of how the investigation of different types of temporality may inform our understanding of the acquisition of temporal, aspectual and mood systems as a whole. This monograph addresses this question by focusing on three main objectives: a) to contribute to the already impressive body of research in the L2 acquisition of tense, aspect and mood/modality from a generative perspective, and in so doing to present a more complete picture of the processes of L2 acquisition in general; b) to bridge the gap between linguistic theory and L2 acquisition; c) to make empirical findings more accessible to language instructors by proposing concrete pedagogical applications.