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The acquisition of intensifiers : emphatic reflexives in English and German child language /

How do young children negotiate and comment on their participation in a given event? The study presented gives an insight into German and English children's use of intensifiers and related expressions at early stages of language development. The longitudinal production data of six German-speaki...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gülzow, Insa, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2006.
Series:Studies on language acquisition ; 22.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The aim of the study
  • 2. Intensifiers from a cross-linguistic perspective
  • 3. Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
  • 4. Agent-sensitive expressions
  • 5. Framework for child language data analysis
  • Ch. 2 The expression x-self in acquisition studies
  • 1. Reflexive x-self and binding theory
  • 2. Logophoric reflexives
  • 3. Childrens early systems and historical development of x-self
  • 4. The expression x-self in production data
  • 5. Research questions
  • Ch. 3 Intensifiers in German and English production data
  • 1. The data and coding procedure
  • 2. Three use-types of intensifiers in the data of the children
  • 3. Intensifiers versus related agent-sensitive expressions
  • 4. The development of non-nominative means of encoding agency
  • 5. The German and English childrens systems of agent-sensitive expressions
  • 6. Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
  • 7. Implications for future research.