Regularity in children language – narration by the Philology Doctor Dace Markus
01.12.2015
Regularity in children language – narration by the Philology Doctor Dace
Markus
The swan has swan’s language; the duck has duck’s language. Or maybe…everyone
has even more languages? Can you guess – which land’s children hear in ducks’
language «ut, ut», «kºa, kºa», «kva, kva», «kvak, kvak», «pçk, pçk» and even «kºa,
kºa»?
Small children are interested in «what think the dog, cat, flowers and trees, but at least
– what speak people”, acknowledges Doctor of Philology Dace Markus, who has
studied Latvian and other nations’ children language for many years.
Regularity means that the language has its conformities with law, traditions and
norms or agreements upon the correct speech and writing – similar structures usually
also function similarly, not chaotically – however, there are also rather many
exceptions, indentions and shortages. How children succeed with learning of laws and
exceptions? In which moments three and four years old language users should start
use new words and what can learn adults from these words?
We will find out about it and will discuss on December 7, 2015 in the Riga Latvian
Society House, when the public reading “Regularity in children language” will take
place. This is the third time already, when RPIVA professor and the leading
researcher Dace Markus reads her report in the RLS House. The organiser – Latvian
Language Advancement Group (LVAK).
Place – Riga Latvian Society House, Meríeïa Street 13.
Time – 18:00 p.m.
Entrance free for all interesents.
For more information – mobile phone + 371 29776281 and + 371 26447286, e-mail:
LVAK@inbox.lv.
twitter.com/LVAK_valoda
The Latvian Language Advancement Group was founded in 2001 and it is one of the
RLS interest groups that offers ten thematic readings a year about the language and
spheres connected with it. Soon, during the eve of the New Year, the LVAK will turn
to the evaluation of the Year’s Word, Unword and Saying -
https://LVAK.wordpress.com/gada-vards-nevards-teiciens/
