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Title Variation in the input : studies in the acquisition of word order / edited by Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Marit Westergaard
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ; v. 39
Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ; v. 39.
Contents Optional Scrambling Is Not Random: Evidence from English-Ukrainian AcquisitionThe Acquisition of Apparent Optionality: Word Order in Subject and Object Shift Constructions in Norwegian; Index
Summary 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, Gree
Analysis psychologie
psychology
taal
language
taalwetenschappen
linguistics
syntaxis
syntax
Languages (General)
Talen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order
Form Electronic book
Author Anderssen, Merete, 1968-
Bentzen, Kristine
Westergaard, Marit R. (Marit Richardsen)
ISBN 9789048192076
9048192072
9048192064
9789048192069