A Developmental-functionalist Approach To Child Language

ISBN-13: 9780805805208 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 236 str.

Nancy Budwig

Opis

This text compares functionalist approaches to child language, concentrating on agentivity and control. It also traces the development of linguistic means to refer to oneself within a developmental-functionalist perspective, and examines the relationship between forms and functions in development.

Recenzje

"...provides a timely, comprehensive resource for experts in child language and serious researchers of children's early language development....the author has made a significant contribution to our understanding of child language development and raises some important issues for future research."
—The Phonetician

"Its strengths are that it collates a great deal of work in functionalist linguistics and the study of children's grammatical development from a functionalist perspective as well as presenting a detailed and original study."
—Child Language

"...presents a very interesting attempt to breech the structuralist/functionalist divide by proposing a new developmental-functionalist approach to the study of child language."
—TESL-EJ

Spis treści

Contents: Part I:Foundations. Functional Approaches to Child Language. Agentivity and Control: Linguistic, Developmental Psycholinguistic, and Developmental Psychological Perspectives. Methodology. Orientation Points. Part II:Case Studies. Jeffrey. Grice. Megan. The Nonego-anchored Children. Part III:Mechanisms of Development. The Organization of Linguistic Systems: Forums and Functions in Development. Conclusions.

O autorze

Budwig, Nancy