| The Acquisition of French in Multilingual Contexts Contributor(s): Guijarro-Fuentes, Pedro (Editor), Schmitz, Katrin (Editor), Müller, Natascha (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783094524 ISBN-13: 9781783094523 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $142.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Syntax |
| Dewey: 448.007 |
| LCCN: 2015023402 |
| Series: Second Language Acquisition |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume brings together new research from different theoretical paradigms addressing the acquisition of French. It focuses on the acquisition of French in combination with English, German, Russian or Spanish and enriches our understanding of the particularities of French and the role of language combinations in the acquisition process. The chapters examine the development of different grammatical aspects (word order phenomena, adjective placement, dislocation and cleft constructions, wh-questions, DP phenomena, argument omissions and constructions with particular word groups) and use various methodologies (such as elicitation tasks, longitudinal studies and parsing experiments) to further add to our understanding of how French is acquired in different contexts. This book will be a resource for researchers and graduate students working in the discipline of language acquisition, especially those who are interested in language contact phenomena where two typologically different languages are involved. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schmitz, Katrin: - Katrin Schmitz is Junior Professor of Romance linguistics at the University of Wuppertal. Her research focuses on the development of French, Italian and Spanish, both from a synchronous and a diachronous perspective. Guijarro-Fuentes, Pedro: -Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes is Associate Professor in Spanish at the Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. His research interests lie in the field of Spanish applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and bilingualism and he has authored and co-authored numerous book chapters and articles in international journals. Muller, Natascha: -Natascha Muller is Chair of Romance linguistics at the Bergische Universitat Wuppertal. Her research focuses on the syntax of Romance languages and their acquisition. Currently, she is working on the simultaneous acquisition of three first languages. |
