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The transmission of Anglo-Norman : language history and language acquisition /
This investigation contributes to issues in the study of second language transmission by considering the well-documented historical case of Anglo-Norman. Within a few generations of the establishment of this variety, its phonology diverged sharply from that of continental French, yet core syntactic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Company,
2012.
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| Colección: | Language faculty and beyond ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Transmission of Anglo-Norman; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to key issues; 1.1 The research problem ; 1.2 Anglo-Norman and second language transmission ; 1.3 Language transmission ; 1.4 The critical period hypothesis and second language acquisition ; 1.5 Early child bilingualism ; Notes ; 2. Anglo Norman and L2 varieties of medieval French; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 An outline sketch of early C13 A-N grammar ; 2.3 Old French as an L2 in southern Italy ; 2.4 Law French as an L2 ; 2.5 Prospects ; Notes ; 3. The context of transmission.
- 3.1 Previous interpretations 3.2 The historical evidence for the status of A-N ; 3.3 The elementary school as a context of first exposure to Anglo-Norman ; 3.4 Implications ; Notes ; 4. Rationale and design of the study; 4.1 Initial considerations ; 4.2 Target areas of medieval French ; 4.3 Data sources ; 4.4 Design of the syntax study corpus ; 4.5 Additional data sources ; 4.6 Overall approach ; 5. Anglo-Norman phonology; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Acquisition target properties ; 5.3 Variation and change in OFr phonology ; 5.4 Influence of English: vowels ; 5.5 Influence of English: consonants.
- 5.6 Loss of sound contrasts in A-N or underspecification in rhymes? 5.7 Investigating neutralisation ; 5.8 Results ; 5.9 Summary of findings and implications ; Notes ; 6. The syntax of quantifiers in Anglo-Norman; 6.1 Introduction ; 6.2 Acquisition target properties: Old French quantifiers ; 6.3 Diachronic developments in the Old French quantifier system ; 6.4 A comparison with Middle English ; 6.5 An investigation of quantifier syntax in Anglo-Norman ; 6.6 Implications ; Notes ; 7. Noun gender marking in Anglo-Norman; 7.1 L2 gender acquisition background ; 7.2 Acquisition target properties.
- 7.3 Gender in AN: previous research 7.4 Gender marking in the AN Hub textbase: findings from possessive determiner contexts ; 7.5 Implications ; Notes ; 8. Verb second and null subjects in Anglo-Norman; 8.1 Introduction ; 8.2 Acquisition target properties in OFr.: V2 and null subjects ; 8.3 A comparison with Middle English ; 8.4 Investigating the maintenance and loss of V2 in Anglo-Norman ; 8.5 V2 after selected initial adverbs in main clauses ; 8.6 V2 with initial Objects versus initial Adjuncts ; 8.7 Null subjects in subordinate clauses ; 8.8 Implications ; Notes.
- 9. The order of Attributive Adjective and Noun in Anglo-Norman9.1 Overview ; 9.2 Attributive Adjective
- Noun order in medieval English and French ; 9.3 Acquisition target properties ; 9.4 Anglo-Norman attributive adjective position ; 9.5 Adjective syntax in north-eastern French dialects ; 9.6 Interpretation ; Notes ; 10. The syntax and pragmatics of discourse particles in Anglo-Norman; 10.1 Discourse particles as a target of acquisition ; 10.2 Target properties of the Old French particle si ; 10.3 Data sources and analysis of particle si.