Variation in the Input : Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order /

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: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011
Series:Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 39
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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 ỹ