Kasumi Yamamoto

The Acquisition of Numeral Classifiers (eBook, PDF)

The Case of Japanese Children

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book is about the numeral classifier system and the acquisition of Japanese classifiers by Japanese children. It consists of two parts. First, it provides a general typological characterization of numeral classifier phrases and discusses problems in determining what constitutes the nature of classifiers. It also discusses the semantic properties of numeral classifiers based on an analysis of four languages from four different language families. Second, it examines the acquisitions of Japanese numeral classifiers by Japanese preschool children, ages 3 to 6, with a primary emphasis on the development of comprehension. The importance of the study is that it reveals that young children have a much greater sensitivity to the conceptual underpinnings of the numeral classifier system than was previously considered to be the case. The research results also provide a converging source of evidence that young children often come to initially grasp the structure of the world in ways that are better understood in cognitive than perceptual terms. The implications will contribute to not only the area of language acquisition but also categorization and conceptual development.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Walter de Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2011
• Englisch, Japanisch
• ISBN-13: 9783110914955
• Artikelnr.: 44417367

Autorenporträt

Kasumi Yamamoto is Professor at the Institute for Asian Studies, William College, Massachusetts.

Rezensionen

"In conclusion, the background information on classifiers in Asian languages and Yamamoto's findings on the development of comprehension in children are excellent." - Robert Albon in: Linguist List 18.989/2007.