Description |
1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
Series |
Language acquisition & language disorders, 0925-0123 ; v. 40 |
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Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 40.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index. |
Contents |
The Acquisition of Swahili; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. SETTING THE SCENE; 2. THE SWAHILI LANGUAGE; 3. THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; 4. RESULTS AND EVALUATING THEORIES; APPENDIX 1. METHODOLOGY AND RELATED ISSUES.; APPENDIX 2. STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF ADULT SWAHILI; APPENDIX 3. THE STAGING PROCESS; APPENDIX 4. INDIVIDUAL CHILD DATA; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX OF NAMES; The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders. |
Summary |
This 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 leaves. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Swahili language -- Acquisition.
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Swahili language -- Dialects -- Kenya -- Nairobi.
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Swahili language -- Verb.
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Swahili language -- Affixes.
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Children -- Language.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Swahili.
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Swahili (taal)
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Taalverwerving.
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Affixen.
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Swahili (språk) -- språkinlärning.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ud Deen, Kamil. Acquisition of Swahili. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005 (DLC) 2005053684 |
ISBN |
9789027293978 (electronic bk.) |
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902729397X (electronic bk.) |
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