Research Catalog

Title

Language development and individual differences : a study of auxiliary verb learning / Brian J. Richards.

Author

Richards, Brian J.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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Description

xv, 252 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• English language > Auxiliary verbs
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Auxiliaries
• Individual differences in children
• Language acquisition

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-246) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1. Introductory Sections: -- 1. The auxiliary and the young language learner -- 2. Rate of auxiliary verb learning in thirty-three children -- Part II. Individual Differences and Auxiliary Verb Learning in Seven Children: -- 3. Research design -- 4. Rate of development -- 5. Indicators of analytic and piecemeal learning -- 6. The complexity principle as an indicator of holistic learning -- 7. Individual differences and the development of auxiliaries in tag questions -- 8. The development of auxiliary DO -- 9. The development of CAN -- Part III. Environmental Influences and Individual Differences in Auxiliary Verb Learning: -- 10. Previous research -- 11. Yes /No questions and rate of auxiliary learning for thirty-two children -- 12. Conclusion.

ISBN

0521362539

LCCN

^^^89022198^

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Harvard Library