Early Syntactic Development; A Cross-Linguistic Study with Special Reference to Finnish

Bowerman, Melissa

ISBN 10: 0521200199 / ISBN 13: 9780521200196

Published by At the University Press, Cambridge, 1973

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Spine cover faded.; 302 pages; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Ex-Library; 11; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Syntactic Development; A Cross-Linguistic Study with Special Reference to Finnish
• Publisher: At the University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521200199
• ISBN 13: 9780521200196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

First published in 1973, this important work was the first systematic attempt to apply theoretical and methodological tools developed in America to the acquisition of a language other than English. Dr Bowerman presents and analyses data from a longitudinal investigation of the early syntactic development of two Finnish children, and compares their speech at two stages of development with that of American, Samoan and Luo children. The four language families (Finno-Ugric, Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Nilotic respectively) with very different structures, and this is the first systematic comparison of the acquisition of several types of native language within a common analysis. Similarities in the linguistic behaviour of children learning these four different languages are used to evaluate hypotheses about universals of language, and to generate new proposals.

Book Description

First published in 1973, this important work was the first systematic attempt to apply theoretical and methodological tools developed in America to the acquisition of a language other than English.