Language-Specific Factors in First Language Acquisition: The Expression of Motion Events in French and German

by Anne-Katharina Harr

A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six years on use structures that are similar to those of adults in their language group and also encode all semantic components from an early age. In striking contrast, French children up to ten years have difficulties producing some of the complex structures that are necessary for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614512264
• ISBN13: 9781614512264
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary