BECOMING BILINGUAL: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN A BILINGUAL COMMUNITY.Jean Lyon. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 1996. Pp. x + 271. $79.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-120
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Rottet
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Single Child

Much of the existing literature on the bilingual language acquisition of preschool children consists of single-child case studies conducted by parents who are trained linguists. Such parents had usually made special efforts to cultivate bilingualism in their children.

The traceback method and the early constructicon: theoretical and methodological considerations

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolas Koch ◽  
Stefan Hartmann ◽  
Antje Endesfelder Quick
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Language Corpus

AbstractUsage-based approaches assume that children’s early utterances are item-based. This has been demonstrated in a number of studies using the traceback method. In this approach, a small amount of “target utterances” from a child language corpus is “traced back” to earlier utterances. Drawing on a case study of German, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the method from a usage-based perspective. In particular, we check how factors inherent to corpus data as well as methodological choices influence the results of traceback studies. To this end, we present four case studies in which we change thresholds and the composition of the main corpus, use a cross-corpus approach tracing one child’s utterances back to another child’s corpus, and reverse and randomize the target utterances. Overall, the results show that the method can provide interesting insights—particularly regarding different pathways of language acquisition—but they also show the limitations of the method.

The influence of discourse context on children's provision of auxiliary BE

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA L. THEAKSTON ◽  
ELENA V. M. LIEVEN
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Discourse Context ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Prior Use ◽  
Single Child ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Children's Speech

ABSTRACTChildren pass through a stage in development when they produce utterances that contain auxiliary BE (he's playing) and utterances where auxiliary BE is omitted (he playing). One explanation that has been put forward to explain this phenomenon is the presence of questions in the input that model S-V word order (Theakston, Lieven & Tomasello, 2003). The current paper reports two studies that investigate the role of the input in children's use and non-use of auxiliary BE in declaratives. In Study 1, 96 children aged from 2 ; 5 to 2 ; 10 were exposed to known and novel verbs modelled in questions only or declaratives only. In Study 2, naturalistic data from a dense database from a single child between the ages of 2 ; 8 to 3 ; 2 were examined to investigate the influence of (1) declaratives and questions in the input in prior discourse, and (2) the child's immediately previous use of declaratives where auxiliary BE was produced or omitted, on his subsequent use or non-use of auxiliary BE. The results show that in both the experimental and naturalistic contexts, the presence of questions in the input resulted in lower levels of auxiliary provision in the children's speech than in utterances following declaratives in the input. In addition, the children's prior use or non-use of auxiliary BE influenced subsequent use. The findings are discussed in the context of usage-based theories of language acquisition and the role of the language children hear in their developing linguistic representations.

scholarly journals ANALISIS GANGGUAN BERBAHASA PADA ANAK DI KECAMATAN PAHAE JULU

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Sales Sitompul
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Acquisition Device ◽  
The Brain

This study originated from cases of language disorders that occur in society in Pahae Julu district. Language is a need to interact, and humans have been blessed with Language Acquisition Device (LAD) or any language by god. However, if when speaking of someone impaired both LAD and language processing part of the brain, then the communication will not be smooth. The language disorders can happen to anyone. The purpose of this study is to reveal some kinds of language disorders, cases of language disorders and to find out the causes of language disorders experienced by the community in Pahae Julu. The method used in this research is descriptive research method type of case studies.

scholarly journals GAME AS FACILITATOR IN DEVELOPMENT OF PHONOLOGICAL PERCEPTION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Sarmīte Tūbele ◽  
Ilze Vilka
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Learning Disorders ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
School Program ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
Patient Work ◽  
Phonological Perception

Language is the highest form of communication, it’s given only to people and it is very important for children’s psychological development. In 5 – 6 years most of the children all native language’s sounds pronounce correctly, phonological perception is formed, however, not all children have reached an appropriate level of development, therefore compulsory preparatory school program of language acquisition in children creates an aversion to learning. Disorders of fonological perception are very complicated and require a lot of serious and patient work in the intervention. In 5 – 6 years of age, children are active, open, spontaneous, curious and very persistent. At this age closest activities for children are plays and games and in these activities they acquires their own life experience.  

Pemerolehan Bahasa Kanak-Kanak Akibat Pengaruh Film Kartun: Suatu Tinjauan Psikolinguistik

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Lady Diana Yusri ◽  
Titin Ritmi
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Surrounding Environment

The children language aacquisition is influenced by the surrounding environment. The data were collected from preschool children. The conclusion of the research is children learned things beyond vocabulary and grammar. They are able to use language in many social contexts. The movies, which they watch, also influence their language acquisition. It can be seen from the use of words, phrases, and sentences from movies. Then, they imitate the words, phrases, and sentences in it. In addition, the child also may generalize of it. It is because of their limitations.

scholarly journals On case loss and svarabhakti vowels: the sociolinguistic typology and geolinguistics of simplification in North Germanic

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Tam T. Blaxter ◽  
Peter Trudgill
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dialect Contact ◽  
Low German ◽  
History Of ◽  
Middle Low German

AbstractWork in sociolinguistic typology and creole studies has established the theory that intensive language contact involving second language acquisition by adults tends to lead to grammatical simplification. This theory is built on many anecdotal case studies, including developments in the history of Continental North Germanic associated with contact with Middle Low German. In this paper, we assess the theory by examining two changes in the history of Norwegian: the loss of coda /Cr/ clusters and the loss of prepositional genitives. If the theory is correct, these changes should have been innovated in centers of contact with Middle Low German. We find that both changes in fact spread into southeastern Norwegian from Swedish. Since contact with Low German also took place in Sweden and Denmark, this is consistent with the theory. It opens questions for future research about the role of dialect contact in simplificatory change in North Germanic.

scholarly journals From babbling to first words in Tashlhiyt language acquisition: longitudinal two-case studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Lahrouchi ◽  
Sophie Kern
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Word Production ◽  
Left Part ◽  
Vowel Space ◽  
Early Production ◽  
Biomechanical Constraints ◽  
First Words

AbstractStrong similarities observed between babbling and first words suggest a universal foundation of word production in children. The aim of this work was to evaluate the role of biomechanical constraints on babbling and first words production in two children acquiring Tashlhiyt, a Berber language spoken in Morocco. When considering isolated sounds and syllable types, our data provided evidence for a universal basis for early vocal patterns. The subjects produced more stops, more coronals and labials, vowels preferentially belonging to the lower left part of the vowel space, and open syllables. However, they only partially confirmed the existence of the preferred CV combinations generally observed in the early production of children learning various languages. The comparison between babbling and first words revealed a linguistic continuity between the two periods but also some increasing complexity and diversification in the words, which can be explained by an increase of articulatory capacities.

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