Eintrag

Titel

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

Personen

Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Marit Westergaard

Jahr

2010

Typ

Sammelband

Verlag

Springer

Ort

Berlin

Reihe

Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics

Band

39

Sprache(n)

Deutsch
Deutsch (Schweiz)
Englisch
Griechisch
Italienisch
Koreanisch
Norwegisch
Ukrainisch

Schlagwörter

Informationsstruktur
Spracherwerb
Wortstellung

Abstract

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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