{"product_id":"early-language-acquisition-of-mandarin-speaking-yunqiu-zhang-9780367354800","title":"Early Language Acquisition of Mandarin-Speaking Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompared with other subdisciplines in Chinese linguistics, children's language acquisition is a significant field with relatively limited achievements. Based on data from a dynamic and developmental corpus, this book is a comprehensive exploration of the early development of Chinese-speaking children's language acquisition.\u003cbr\u003e Anchoring the discussions regarding phonetics, semantics and aspects of syntax in a cognitive and functional framework, the author conducts an in-depth analysis of many acquisition characteristics, such as the inevitable and incidental errors of their learning of initials; their ability to obtain the concept of time at a young age and the utilization of \u003cem\u003eLe\u003c\/em\u003e in the expression of the past tense; their understanding of subjectivity at a young age and the ability to express it; their learning of the degree of modality following the order of from probability to necessity; and children's acquisition of syntactic structures being impacted by genetics and also affected by the steps involved in syntactic processing. Although genetics, cognition and experience all play a role in children's language acquisition, this book focuses on the role of cognitive functions.\u003cbr\u003e By successfully explaining the acquisition rules based on some cutting-edge linguistic theories, the book will certainly be beneficial to scholars studying linguistics, psychology, cognitive science and early childhood educators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yunqiu Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367354802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367354800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Yunqiu Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058151158015,"sku":"9780367354800","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96e7fc5a-3be0-47a5-9864-1a0d4e497b69.jpg?v=1685050939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-language-acquisition-of-mandarin-speaking-yunqiu-zhang-9780367354800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}