Joy A. Phillips
List of John Benjamins publications in which Joy A. Phillips is involved.
Articles
1989 Lexical expansion: The role of comparing-and-contrasting Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 12:2, pp. 17–33 | Article
The case study reported here grew out of a study of the development of comparisons and contrasts in young children’s language (Phillips, 1988). The data source was Halliday (1984). The expansion of one child’s lexicon in one domain of special interest to him was charted from 1; 6 to 2; 6 with the… read more
1988 The development of comparisons and contrasts: L1 and L2 Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 11:1, pp. 54–65 | Article
This paper examines the development of comparisons and contrasts in young L1 children and in L2 adults. It explores the similarities and differences in categories, lexicogrammatical realizations and functions. It was found that similarities existed in extent and effect, in categories and some… read more