Andrea Lunsford
Andrea Lunsford
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This textbook introduces fundamental concepts and results in the theory of first language acquisition. The authors use a series of case studies to bring together linguistic phenomena on the one hand and learning and cognitive development on the other.
This book provides a detailed account of morphological conversion, a process whereby a word is turned into a distinct but semantically and/or grammatically related word without any change of form. The chapters explore key questions relating to conversion and offer accounts of the process in a range of language families.
Most books on linguistic pragmatics overlook the role of emotion in communication. This book faces the challenges head-on by providing an original study of how we communicate our emotions through language, integrating affect in pragmatic theory.
