Variation in the Input Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order

Variation in the Input Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order / edited by Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Marit Westergaard.

The topic of variation in language has received considerable attention in the field of general linguistics in recent years. This includes research on linguistic micro-variation that is dependent on fine distinctions in syntax and information structure. However, relatively little work has been done o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Anderssen, Merete (Editor), Bentzen, Kristine (Editor), Westergaard, Marit (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 39
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Applied linguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Syntax.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen and Marit Westergaard
  • Optional Illusions, Andrea Gualmini
  • Optional Doubly-filled Complementizers (DFCs) in Wh-complements in Child and Adult Swiss German, Manuela Schönenberger
  • The Acquisitionof Adjectival Ordering in Italian, Anna Cardinaletti and Giuliana Giusti
  • Input Factors in Early Verb Acquisition: Do Word Frequency and Word Order Variability of Verbs Matter? Anja Kielburg an Petra Schultz
  • Word Order in the Development of Dative Constructions: A Comparison of Cantonese and English, Chloe Chenjie Gu
  • Using Early ASL Word Order to Shed Light on Word Order Variabiltiy in Sign Language, Deborah Chen Pichler
  • Variable Word Order in Child Greek, Dina Kapetangianni
  • Optional Scrambling is not Random: Evidence from English-Ukrainian Acquisition, Roksolana Mykhaylyk and Heejeong Ko
  • The Acquisition of Apparent Optionality: The Word Order in Subject-and Object Shift Constructions in Norwegian, Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard.

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