Early Language Acquisition of Mandarin-Speaking Children / Edition 1

by Yunqiu Zhang

Overview

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the early development of Chinese-speaking children’s language acquisition. Based on a dynamic and developmental corpus, the author conducts an in-depth analysis of many acquisition characteristics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367354800
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/10/2019
Series:	Chinese Linguistics
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yunqiu Zhang is a professor of linguistics and applied linguistics at the School of Arts of Capital Normal University. Her main research interest include children's language acquisition and research regarding cognitive grammar in Chinese.

Table of Contents

List of figures. List of tables. Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction 2 A Phonetic Investigation of the Acquisition and Development of Primary Vowels 3 Deviation Phenomena in the Acquisition of Initials 4 Acoustic Analyses of Tone Acquisition and Related Errors 5 Acquisition of Locative Words Relating to "Up" and "Down" 6 The Onset of Time Consciousness – the Acquisition of Le 了 7 Acquisition and Development of Expressions of Subjectivization 8 Early Acquisition of Degrees of Modality 9 Acquisition of the Zai 在Construction 10 Early Acquisition and Development of the Ditransitive Construction 11 Acquisition of Simplex Relative Clauses References. Index