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OverviewIn her Beijing lectures, Melissa Bowerman presents a lucid introduction and account of her research on a range of topics: how children acquire the semantics of spatial terms, how they construct categories and acquire the semantics of nouns, and how they master the semantics of verbs in early language acquisition. Bowerman also covers the learning of argument structure and expressions of end-state, with special attention to the adult speech that guides children, and hence also the role of typology in acquisition; how cross-linguistic variation affects, for example, how speakers represent ‘cutting’ and ‘breaking’ in different languages, and the relation of the Whorfian Hypothesis to cross-linguistic variations in the semantics of languages. Bowerman’s over-riding concern throughout is with how children come to master the first language being spoken to them by their parents and caregivers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Melissa Bowerman , Clarissa van Schuur , Eva Bowerman , Christy BurowPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 10 Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9789004353022ISBN 10: 900435302 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 16 August 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMelissa Bowerman† (1942-2011) was Senior Scientist Emerita at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and adjunct Professor of Linguistics Emerita at the Free University of Amsterdam. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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