Anne-Katharina Harr

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Maya Hickmann

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

Helen Engemann

University of Mannheim

Claudia Maria Riehl

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Tobias Dank

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Nicole Weidinger

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Ulla Licandro

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Durch Seine

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Adriano Madlener

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Elisabetta Terrasi-Haufe

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Martina Liedke

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Institute of Science and Ethics

Gesellschaft für Fertigungstechnik und Entwicklung

Structures Formelles du Langage

Université Paris 8

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

University of Cambridge

University of Cologne

Université Paris Cité

Laboratoire Vision Action Cognition

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How German and French Children Express Voluntary Motion

Oxford University Press eBooks (2013)

Anne-Katharina Harr Maya Hickmann

Abstract A number of studies show that language-specific properties have an impact on speakers’ spatial representations. These findings have revived questions concerning the impact of general developmental vs language-specific determinants in language acquisition. Recent hypotheses suggest that speakers’ attention may be directed to different aspects of reality depending on the lexicalization patterns of their language. This study tests these hypotheses in relation to the expression of motion during first-language acquisition. The data consists of descriptions of motion events produced by monolingual German vs French adults and children. The results in both languages show first a developmental progression in children’s abilities to express Manner and Path simultaneously. However, regardless of age, responses differed considerably across languages. German speakers frequently encoded both Manner and Path, whereas French speakers mostly focused on Path. Our results support the view that general cognitive factors and language-specific properties both determine how children construct the semantics of space.

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Expression (computer science)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641635.003.0011

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Language-Specific Factors in First Language Acquisition: The Expression of Motion Events in French and German

Anne-Katharina Harr

A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six years on use structures that are similar to those of adults in their language group and also encode all semantic components from an early age. In striking contrast, French children up to ten years have difficulties producing some of the complex structures that are necessary for the simultaneous expression of several semantic components. Nonetheless, in addition to these striking cross-linguistic differences, the results of this study also clearly show similar developmental progressions in other respects, suggesting the impact of general developmental determinants.

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Sprachförderung im Elementarbereich

J.B. Metzler eBooks (2018)

Anne-Katharina Harr

10.1007/978-3-476-05595-8_6

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Deutsch als Zweitsprache

J.B. Metzler eBooks (2018)

Anne-Katharina Harr Martina Liedke Claudia Maria Riehl

10.1007/978-3-476-05595-8

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Language-Specific Factors in First Language Acquisition

De Gruyter eBooks (2012)

Anne-Katharina Harr

10.1515/9781614511748

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Caused motion across child languages: a comparison of English, German, and French

Journal of Child Language (2018)

Maya Hickmann Henriëtte Hendriks Anne-Katharina Harr Philippe Bonnet

Abstract Previous research on motion expression indicates that typological properties influence how speakers select and express information in discourse (Slobin, 2004; Talmy, 2000). The present study further addresses this question by examining the expression of caused motion by adults and children (three to ten years) in French ( Verb-framed ) vs. English and German ( Satellite-framed ). Participants narrated short animated cartoons showing an agent displacing objects and varying along several dimensions (Path, Manner). A significant increase with age was found in the number of expressed motion components in all languages, as well as an influence of Path (vertical > boundary crossing). However, at all ages, participants encoded more information in English and German than in French, where more variation and structural changes occurred with increasing age. These findings highlight both cognitive and typological factors impacting the expression of caused motion in development. Implications of our findings are sketched in the ‘Discussion’.

Expression (computer science)

Variation (astronomy)

10.1017/s0305000918000168

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Danksagung

De Gruyter eBooks (2018)

Maria Riehl H. Schmid Thomas Dank Durch Seine Tobias Dank

10.1515/9783110623857-201

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12. Caused motion events across languages and learner types

Helen Engemann Anne-Katharina Harr Maya Hickmann

The present chapter shares the interest of preceding contributions in the consequences of cross-linguistic diversity for language acquisition. We explore the implications of Talmy’s motion event typology (see also Luk and Vidakovic, this volume) for bilingual first and adult second language acquisition. In line with previous contributions, we address the role of typological and general cognitive factors, with a particular focus on cross-linguistic interactions (see also Chan et al. and Saddour, this volume). A bidirectional production experiment indicated that bilingual children’s motion descriptions display parallels both with monolinguals and second language learners. Unidirectional cross-linguistic interactions suggest that typological properties affect online production strategies in both acquisition situations. Finally, we discuss implications for the dynamics of event processing in bilingualism.

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Language production

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Causal, Spatial, and Temporal Cohesion in German and Hebrew Picture-Based Narratives: A Form-Function Developmental Study

Judy R. Kupersmitt Dagmar Bittner Anne-Katharina Harr Ulla Licandro

Cohesion (chemistry)

Hebrews

10.2139/ssrn.5004214