Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition

Dagmar Bittner

ISBN 10: 3110178230 / ISBN 13: 9783110178234

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2003

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The volume deals with the emergence of verb morphology in children during their second and early third year of life from a cross-linguistic perspective. It covers 15 contributions - each analyzing one single language - based on parallel longitudinal investigations of children with parallel methodology and macrostructure in representation. The main question addressed is: How do children detect morphology and construct first subsystems of verbal inflection? The focus lies on the transition from a premorphological phase to a protomorphological phase. The main proposal consists in the concept of miniparadigms and of their relation to morpho-syntactic developments in early first language acquisition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110178230
• ISBN 13: 9783110178234
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Reprint 2011.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 6.25W x 1H x 9D inches 6.25 inches width by 1 inches height by 9 inches depth
• Weight: 792 grams

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Synopsis

The volume deals with the emergence of verb morphology in children during their second and early third year of life from a cross-linguistic perspective. It covers 15 contributions - each analyzing one single language - based on parallel longitudinal investigations of children with parallel methodology and macrostructure in representation. The main question addressed is: How do children detect morphology and construct first subsystems of verbal inflection? The focus lies on the transition from a premorphological phase to a protomorphological phase. The main proposal consists in the concept of miniparadigms and of their relation to morpho-syntactic developments in early first language acquisition.