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Language Acquisition and Language Disorders Ser.: The Acquisition of Swahili by Kamil Deen (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBenjamins Publishing Company, John

ISBN-109027253005

ISBN-139789027253002

eBay Product ID (ePID)48673250

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameAcquisition of Swahili

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSwahili, Developmental / Child, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2005

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology

AuthorKamil Deen

SeriesLanguage Acquisition and Language Disorders Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-053684

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number40

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal496.3928

SynopsisThis 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.

LC Classification NumberPL8701.U33 2005