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The Acquisition of Swahili

By: Kamil Ud Deen

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This monograph is the first study of the acquisition of Swahili as a first language. It focuses on the acquisition of inflectional affixes, with a particular emphasis on subject agreement and tense. Other inflectional affixes are also investigated, including object agreement and mood. The study surveys the adult dialect in question, Nairobi Swahili, discussing social, phonological, morphological and syntactic properties. Data, analyses and copious examples are presented of the naturalistic speech of four Swahili speaking children. The data are tested against six influential theories of child language, and the results show that processing and metrical theories of telegraphic speech fail to account for the observed patterns, while grammatical theories of child language fair significantly better. The data and analyses presented in this book are indispensable for linguists and psychologists interested in the acquisition of inflectional material and other cross-linguistic properties of child language.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027253005

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Language Acquisition and Development

A Generative Introduction

By: Misha Becker,Kamil Ud Deen

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Language Acquisition and Development

A Generative Introduction

By: Misha Becker,Kamil Ud Deen

An introduction to the study of children's language development that provides a uniquely accessible perspective on generative/universal grammar–based approaches. How children acquire language so quickly, easily, and uniformly is one of the great mysteries of the human experience. The theory of Universal Grammar suggests that one reason for the relative ease of early language acquisition is that children are born with a predisposition to create a grammar. This textbook offers an introduction to the study of children's acquisition and development of language from a generative/universal grammar–based theoretical perspective, providing comprehensive coverage of children's acquisition while presenting core concepts crucial to understanding generative linguistics more broadly. After laying the theoretical groundwork, including consideration of alternative frameworks, the book explores the development of the sound system of language—children's perception and production of speech sound; examines how words are learned (lexical semantics) and how words are formed (morphology); investigates sentence structure (syntax), including argument structure, functional structure, and tense; considers such “nontypical” circumstances as acquiring a first language past infancy and early childhood, without the abilities to hear or see, and with certain cognitive disorders; and studies bilingual language acquisition, both simultaneously and in sequence. Each chapter offers a summary section, suggestions for further reading, and exercises designed to test students' understanding of the material and provide opportunities to practice analyzing children's language. Appendixes provide charts of the International Phonetic Alphabet (with links to websites that allow students to listen to the sounds associated with these symbols) and a summary of selected experimental methodologies.

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MIT Press

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0262357232

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Mohammad Hussein Al-Yaseen: Poetry on Poetry

By: Haitham Kamil al-Zubbaidi

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Mohammad Hussein Al-Yaseen: Poetry on Poetry

By: Haitham Kamil al-Zubbaidi

A lifelong poetic career of a major contemporary Iraqi poet is explored via a translation of a representative selection of his poems which are directly concerned with poetry and poeticism. A serious effort is clearly manifested by the translator who thematically selected, arranged and critically introduced these poems. This book serves the purposes of all readers who are interested in Arabic literature, poetry and culture.

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Lulu.com

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1365463060

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The Acquisition of Swahili

By: Kamil Ud Deen

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Language Acquisition and Development

A Generative Introduction

By: Misha Becker,Kamil Ud Deen

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A Generative Introduction

By: Misha Becker,Kamil Ud Deen

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Book's by Kamil Ud Deen

The Acquisition of Swahili

The Acquisition of Swahili

Language Acquisition and Development

Language Acquisition and Development

Mohammad Hussein Al-Yaseen: Poetry on Poetry

Mohammad Hussein Al-Yaseen: Poetry on Poetry

The Acquisition of Swahili

The Acquisition of Swahili

Language Acquisition and Development

Language Acquisition and Development

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