UID:
almahu_9949232746802882
Format:
1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:
9789027258397
Series Statement:
Studies in Bilingualism volume 63
Content:
"Gender as a morphosyntactic feature is arguably "an endlessly fascinating linguistic category" (Corbett 2014: 1). One may even say it is among "the most puzzling of the grammatical categories" (Corbett 1991: 1) that has raised probing questions from various theoretical and applied perspectives. Most languages display semantic and/or formal gender systems with various degrees of opacity and complexity, and even closely related languages present distinct differences, creating difficulties for second language learners. The first three chapters of this volume present critical reviews in three different areas - gender assignment in mixed noun phrases, subtle gentle biases and the gender acquisition in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish - while the next six chapters present new empirical evidence in the acquisition of gender by bilingual children, adult L2/L3 learners and heritage speakers of various languages such as Italian, German, Dutch or Mandarin-Italian"--
Note:
Introduction: Gender, geslag, Geschlecht, génos, liga, xing bie / Dalila Ayoun -- Review chapters. Gender assignment in mixed noun phrases : state of the art / Kate Bellamy and M. Carmen Parafita Couto -- Empirical evidence for gender biases in language / Yulia Esaulova and Lisa von Stockhausen -- The acquisition of grammatical gender in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish: beyond the source of differences / Alejandro Cuza and Liliana Sánchez -- Child, adult and heritage speakers. The second language acquisition of grammatical gender and number in Italian / Dalila Ayoun and Stefano Maranzana -- Grammatical gender and article use in beginning learners of German / Peter Ecke -- The non-default gender category in additional-language French / Amanda Edmonds, Aarnes Gudmestad and Thomas Metzger -- Investigating grammatical gender agreement in Spanish : a methodological exploration of eye tracking / LeAnne Spino -- Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual grammars: evidence from gender assignment in unilingual Dutch and mixed speech / Brechje van Osch, Ivo Boers, Janet Grijzenhout, M. Carmen Parafita Couto, Bo Sterken and Deniz Tat -- Prediction on the basis of gender and number in Mandarin-Italian bilingual children / Jasmijn E. Bosch, Mathilde Chailleux, Jia'en Yee, Maria Teresa Guasti and Fabrizio Arosio.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ayoun, Dalila The Acquisition of Gender Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2022 ISBN 9789027210098
Language:
English
Keywords:
Essays.
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