ABSTRACT
This paper first explores the characters and common points of child language acquisition through some relevant language acquisition theories. Then this paper analyzes the characters of children’s acquisition of single word, two-three words and long sentence. And it elaborates the acquisition of two kinds of interrogatives: yes-no question and wh-question. From 3 stages, it gives explicit explains of children’s acquisition process and rules. It finally discusses possible factors influencing children’s language acquisition and some pieces of teaching advice to promote their acquisition.
Key words:child language acquisition; single word; two-three words; children’s acquisition of interrogative sentences
Contents
1.Introduction 1
2. Study on child language 2
2.1 Some relevant theories concerning child language 2
2.2 Study on interrogative sentences and their acquisition by children 3
3. The process of child language acquisition 5
3.1 The preliminary stage 5
3.2 Single word stage 6
3.3 Two-three word stage 7
3.4 Long sentence stage 8
4. Children’s acquisition of interrogative sentences 10
4.1 Yes-no question acquisition 10
4.2 Wh-question acquisition 12
4.3 The General rules of interrogative sentence acquisition 14
5.Some factors influencing language acquisition 16
5.1 Cognition 16
5.2 Environment and society 16
6. Some teaching advice 18
7.Conclusion 20
Acknowledgements 21
References 22