Children's Discourse: Person, Space and Time Across Languages

by Maya Hickmann

Book Overview

Psycholinguist Maya Hickmann presents an original comparative study of discourse development in English, French, German, and Chinese. Hickmann discusses the main theoretical issues in the study of first language acquisition and provides a wide review of available studies in three domains of child language: person, space and time. Her findings concern the rhythm of language acquisition, its formal and functional determinants, and its universal vs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521065100
• ISBN13: 9780521065108
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"