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Variation in the Input

Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Merete Anderssen

    1. Center for Advanced Study in, Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway

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  2. Kristine Bentzen

    1. Center for Advanced Study in, Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway

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  3. Marit Westergaard

    1. Center for Advanced Study in, Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway

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  • The first collection of papers focussing on the acquisition of word order variation Contains papers addressing first language acquisition of a wide selection of languages The papers discuss new child language data
  • The volume provides new theoretical insights

Part of the book series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics (SITP, volume 39)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Acquisition of (Word Order) Variation

    • Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Marit Westergaard
    Pages 1-15

  3. Optional Illusions

    • Andrea Gualmini
    Pages 17-32

  4. ‘Optional’ Doubly-Filled COMPs (DFCs) in Wh-Complements in Child and Adult Swiss German

    • Manuela Schönenberger
    Pages 33-64

  5. The Acquisition of Adjectival Ordering in Italian

    • Anna Cardinaletti, Giuliana Giusti
    Pages 65-93

  6. Input Factors in Early Verb Acquisition: Do Word Frequency and Word Order Variability of Verbs Matter?

    • Anja Kieburg, Petra Schulz
    Pages 95-127

  7. Word Order in the Development of Dative Constructions: A Comparison of Cantonese and English

    • Chloe C. Gu
    Pages 129-156

  8. Using Early ASL Word Order to Shed Light on Word Order Variability in Sign Language

    • Deborah Chen Pichler
    Pages 157-177

  9. Variable Word Order in Child Greek

    • Konstantia Kapetangianni
    Pages 179-205

  10. Optional Scrambling Is Not Random: Evidence from English-Ukrainian Acquisition

    • Roksolana Mykhaylyk, Heejeong Ko
    Pages 207-240

  11. The Acquisition of Apparent Optionality: Word Order in Subject and Object Shift Constructions in Norwegian

    • Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Yulia Rodina, Marit Westergaard
    Pages 241-270

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-276
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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 on how this variation is acquired. This book focuses on how different types of variation are expressed in the input and how this is acquired by young children. The collection of papers includes studies of the acquisition of variation in a number of different languages, including English, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Swiss German, Ukrainian, and American Sign Language. Different kinds of linguistic variation are considered, ranging from pure word order variation to optionally doubly filled COMPs and the resolution of scopal ambiguities. In addition, papers in the volume deal with the extreme case of variation found in bilingual acquisition.

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  • Center for Advanced Study in, Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway

    Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Marit Westergaard

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