"Differential Object Marking (DOM) is a linguistic phenomenon that morphologically marks direct objects that are more prominent than others on semantic and pragmatic scales, and in the last few years it has attracted the attention of several subfields of linguistics. DOM has evo…
"Differential Object Marking (DOM) is a linguistic phenomenon that morphologically marks direct objects that are more prominent than others on semantic and pragmatic scales, and in the last few years it has attracted the attention of several subfields of linguistics. DOM has evo…
The processing and acquisition of reference
by Gibson, Edward, Pearlmutter, Neal J.
fromBradford Book
The processing and acquisition of reference
by Gibson, Edward, Pearlmutter, Neal J.
fromBradford Book
The processing and acquisition of reference
by ebrary, Inc, Gibson, Edward, Pearlmutter, Neal J.
fromBradford Book
How people refer to objects in the world, how people comprehend reference, and how children acquire an understanding of and an ability to use reference.
This book brings together contributions by prominent researchers in the fields of language processing and language acquisition on topics of common interest: how people refer to objects in the world, how people comprehend such referential expressions, and how children acquire the…
"This book explores how language is shaped by the nature of human cognition and social-cultural activity, by studying how language is used in context in interactions between at least two people in order to achieve some purpose. It brings together perspectives from cognitive ling…