Frequency effects in language acquisition : defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept / edited by Insa Gülzow, Natalia Gagarina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gülzow, Insa, 1967-

Gagarina, Natalia.

Series:

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

Studies on language acquisition, 1861-4248 ; 32

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Frequency (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book addresses a controversial current topic in language acquisition studies: the impact of frequency on linguistic structure in child language. A major strength of the book is that the role of input frequency in the acquisition process is evaluated in a large variety of languages, topics and the two major theoretical frameworks: UG-based and usage-based accounts. While most papers report a clear frequency effect, different factors that may be interacting with pure statistical effects are critically assessed. An introductory statement is made by Thomas Roeper who calls for caution as he id

Contents:

Introducing the frequency debate in studies of language acquisition / Insa Gülzow and Natalia Gagarina

What frequency can do and what it can't / Tom Roeper

The role of input frequency in article acquisition in early child Swedish / Ute Bohnacker

Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning / Tanja Kupisch

The acquisition of non-agent subjects in child Hebrew / Sigal Uziel-Karl and Nancy Budwig

The role of input frequency in early language production / Maja Savić and Darinka Andelković

Characteristics of maternal input in relation to vocabulary development in children learning German / Christina Kauschke and Gisela Klann-Delius

What happens when adults often use infinitives? / Natalia Gagarina

Structural versus frequency effects in L1 acquisition of the passive and impersonal in Serbian / Milja Djurkovic

The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses / Marit Westergaard and Kristine Bentzen

Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech / Denisa Bordag

A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena / Jason Mattausch and Insa Gülzow

Principles, parameters and probabilities / Rosalind Thornton, Stephen Crain and Graciela Tesan

The role of frequency in language acquisition / Katherine Demuth

Counting grammars / Charles Yang.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110977905

3110977907

OCLC:

811400824