| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 478 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
This book is about how toddlers learn their first adjectives, such as, for example, red, big and tasty. Adjectives denote properties and enter child vocabularies later than words for objects (such as apple and tree) and actions (such as eat and run), probably due to lower frequencies in parental speech and greater conceptual complexity. Adjective acquisition has received relatively little attention in child language research. Furthermore, cross-linguistic studies of adjective learning are virtually non-existent. This book represents the first systematic analysis of how children learning typolo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Language acquisition.
|
|
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
|
|
Language acquisition.
|
|
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc.
|
|
Grammar, syntax & morphology.
|
|
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
|
|
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective
|
|
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology
|
|
Language acquisition
|
|
Semantics
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Tribushinina, Elena, editor
|
|
Voeĭkova, Maria D., editor
|
|
Noccetti, Sabrina, editor
|
| ISBN |
9781443883269 |
|
1443883263 |
|
