Search for dissertations about: "Later language development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words Later language development.

2. 1. Age and Constraints on Language Learning : First Language Retention and Second Language Acquisition in International Adoptees

   Author : Gunnar Norrman; Emanuel Bylund Spångberg; Guillaume Thierry; Janet Werker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bilingualism; critical period; electroencephalography; event-related potentials; first language retention; international adoption; phonology; second language acquisition; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of age of acquisition on the long-term second language development of international adoptees. Because age of acquisition typically coincides with the onset of bilingualism, the study of maturational age effects in second language acquisition has been empirically and conceptually entangled with changes in language input and use. READ MORE

4. 2. Language problems at 2½ years of age and their relationship with school-age language impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders

   Author : Carmela Miniscalco; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : language screening; language development; language delay; longitudinal; neuropsychiatric disorders; narrative skill;

   Abstract : Background: International research has shown that language delay (LD) is associated with social, cognitive, emotional and/or behavioural deficiencies, but there is still a need for extended knowledge about LD at early age and its relationship with long-term language impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders in Swedish children. Aims: To study (a) if children with a positive screening result or a negative screening result at 2½ years of age showed persistent or transient language difficulties at 6 years of age and, (b) whether or not children identified by language screening at 2½ years of age were diagnosed with language, neurodevelopmental and/or neuropsychiatric impairments at school age. READ MORE

5. 3. Development of Adjectival Use and Meaning Structures in Swedish Students' Written production

   Author : Simone Löhndorf; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Later language development; semantic development; conceptual development; Conceptual combinations; adjective meanings; nominal meanings; Cognitive Linguistics;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the development of adjective use and meaning structures examined from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Adjectives modify nominal meanings and it is in context, in the interaction with the noun that the adjective meaning and configuration is determined. READ MORE

6. 4. The Development of Conversational Contingency : and Selected Pragmatic Abilities

   Author : David Pagmar; Tove Nilsson Gerholm; Östen Dahl; Julia Uddén; Ute Bohnacker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conversational contingency; first language acquisition; pragmatic development; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine children’s development as language users, with a focus on their development as conversationalists. Conversational development was measured through conversational contingency, i.e. how conversational turns are connected to each other, either in topic or time. READ MORE

7. 5. Socialization of verbal and nonverbal emotive expressions in young children

   Author : Tove Gerholm; Christina Hellman; Gunilla Preisler; Karin Aronsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language; socialization; interaction; emotive expressions; scaffolding; internalization; development; children; parents; siblings; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Abstract : The subject matter of this dissertation is children’s use and development of emotive expressions. While prior studies have either focused on facial expressions of emotions or on emotions in the social mechanisms of in situ interactions, this thesis opts to merge two traditions by applying an interactional approach to the interpretation of child–child and child–adult encounters. READ MORE