The Acquisition of Intensifiers: Emphatic Reflexives in English and German Child Language

by Insa Gülzow

Insa G lzow analyzes the acquisition of intensifiers by children acquiring German or English as their first language. Based on a comparative analysis of intensifiers and related expressions in the two languages, she examines the longitudinal production data of six German-speaking and six English-speaking children with regard to when and in which contexts the intensifiers German selbst/selber and English x-self (myself, yourself, himself, etc.)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110185911
• ISBN13: 9783110185911
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary