The Acquisition and Use of Yes-no Questions in English
Download or Read eBook The Acquisition and Use of Yes-no Questions in English PDF written by Ursula Kania and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ursula Kania |
| Publisher | : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2016-08-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783823390688 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3823390686 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Acquisition and Use of Yes-no Questions in English by : Ursula Kania
Book excerpt: This monograph offers a comprehensive account of the L1-acquisition and use of yes-no questions in English from a usage-based, construction grammar perspective. On the basis of the BNC and a high-density, longitudinal CHILDES corpus, the book explores two issues which have largely been neglected in previous research: 1. the prevalence of non-canonical questions (such as elliptical and declarative questions) in adult-to-adult as well as child(-directed) speech and the L1-acquisition of these structures. 2. The discourse-functional properties of both canonical and non-canonical yes-no questions, especially with regard to their influence on the acquisition process.
