Examination Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject English -
Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of
Duisburg-Essen (Department of Anglophone Studies), 28 entries in
the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This critical essay
investigates the acquisition of phonology. It is amazing how
rapidly children develop in the first years of their lives. The
acquisition of their mother tongue is especially fascinating
because it is such a complex process. Not only the linguistic code
has to be fully acquired but also all its rules and norms. That is,
apart from the language's phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and
semantics, - constituting the code of every language -pragmatic
rules are also important for the daily use and the full dominance
of a language. This essay focuses on the most basic field,
phonology, and explains how a child acquires the target language's
phonology. Although the stages of the acquisition process are
described generally since they are universal and hold true for all
children independently of their mother tongue, the attention is on
the English phonology in particular. First language acquisition in
general is an important topic, not only for linguists. To have
knowledge about it also helps the parents to raise children,
especially in bilingual situations. I, myself, consider it very
useful to write about such a topic as one can learn to understand
what and how many stages and steps are actually involved. If we
know how it works, perhaps we may also understand why children
initially make errors or quite unusual utterances or even
extraordinary sounds (in the pre-language stages) while acquiring
the native language. The essay will provide information about the
whole acquisition process. However, the main focus will be on the
first four to six years.
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