A functional approach to child language : a study of determiners and reference /
Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
- Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- vi, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 24 .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [242]-251.
1. The place of language in child development; 2. Determiners and reference; 3. Introduction to the data; 4. Production experiments: deictic, exophoric and quantifier functions of determiners; 5. Production experiments: anaphoric function; 6. Production experiments: gender-indicating function of determiners; 7. Comprehension experiments: deictic, exophoric and quantifier functions of determiners; 8. Comprehension experiments: anaphoric function of determiners; 9. Synthesis of the child's acquisition of the plurifunctionality of determiners; 10. General implications for language acquisition and child development; Bibliography; Index.
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Children--Language. Grammar, Comparative and general--Determiners. Reference (Linguistics)