Cues and economy in the acquisition of verb movement
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2005 In this paper we will discuss how economy principles interact with cues in the input in bilingual first language acquisition. We will look at the acquisition of verb placement in a child acquiring English and Norwegian simultaneously.
Kristine Bentzen
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Depth-Bounded Statistical PCFG Induction as a Model of Human Grammar Acquisition
Computational Linguistics, 2021 This article describes a simple PCFG induction model with a fixed category domain that predicts a large majority of attested constituent boundaries, and predicts labels consistent with nearly half of attested constituent labels on a standard evaluation ...
Lifeng Jin +4 more
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Neerlandica Wratislaviensia, 2023 The strategy of raising a bilingual child, also known as family language policy (FLP), has been the subject of linguistic, psychological or sociological research for many years.
Louise van Wijgerden-Bachta
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The Lexicon and Morphosyntax of Child Spanish as Predictors of Inhibition
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 This study investigates the relationships between lexical development and inhibition, as well as morphosyntax and inhibition, in typically developing monolingual Spanish-speaking children.
John Grinstead, Nina Sorine
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THE PHENOMENON OF UNDERSPECIFICATION IN EARLY CHILD GRAMMAR: THE EXAMPLE OF VERB PLACEMENT AND OPTIONALITY / LE PHÉNOMÈNE DE SOUS-SPÉCIFICATION DANS LA GRAMMAIRE ENFANTINE: L'EXEMPLE DU POSITIONNEMENT DU VERBE ET DE L'OPTIONNALITÉ / FENOMENUL FORMULĂRII INEXACTE ÎN GRAMATICA TIMPURIE A COPILULUI: EXEMPLUL PLASĂRII VERBULUI ŞI OPŢIONALITATEA [PDF]
Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2013 The aim of this paper is to discuss the phenomenon of underspecification in early child grammar with respect to the syntactic consequences it has in the child language system.
Sonja Kitanovska-Kimovska
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Child language acquisition: Why universal grammar doesn’t help
Language, 2014 In many different domains of language acquisition, there exists an apparent learnability problem to which innate knowledge of some aspect of universal grammar (UG) has been proposed as a solution. The present article reviews these proposals in the core domains of (i) identifying syntactic categories, (ii) acquiring basic morphosyntax, (iii) structure ...
Ambridge, B, Pine, J M, Lieven, E V M
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Declension Errors in Polish of Bilingual Children of Preschool Age – Multiple Case Study [PDF]
Studia Slavica, 2022 T In this paper, the inflectional errors in Polish of bilingual children were examined. My studies focus particularly on declension errors, which reflect the level of Polish grammar acquisition by pre‑school bilinguals.
Justyna Wrona
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An interview with Naomi L. Shin
Isogloss, 2020 Naomi L. Shin is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Her primary interests include child language acquisition, bilingualism, language contact, and sociolinguistics.
Naomi Shin
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Language Change and Language Acquisition
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2004 The aim of this paper is to present diachronic changes in terms of the conditions of first language acquisition. Grammars, seen as mental organs, may change between two generations.
Thorbjörg Hróarsdóttir
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The Comparative Fallacy: An Analysis and Discussion of Selected Research
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2004 Ever since the introduction of the “independent grammars assumption,” whereby a child is said to have its own grammar and not just an imitation of adult language, first language (L1) acquisition researchers such as Martin Braine (1963) and others have ...
Eun-Young Kwon
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