附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-382) and indexes.
Introduction -- pt. I. Available theories and data -- Theoretical issues -- Cross-linguistic invariants and variations -- Coherence and cohesion in discourse development -- Children's marking of information status : referring expressions and clause structure -- The acquisition of spatial and temporal-aspectual devices -- pt. II. Cross-linguistic study of children's narratives -- Methodological issues -- Animate entities -- Space -- Time -- Conclusions.
摘要:Maya Hickmann presents an original comparative study of discourse development in English, French, German, and Chinese. She discusses the main theoretical issues in the study of first language acquisition and provides a wide review of available studies in three domains of child language: person, space, and time.
