Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition ：A Cross-Linguistic Perspective ( Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA )

Publication subTitle ：A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Publication series ：Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA

Author： Ursula Stephany   Maria D. Voeikova  

Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9783110217117

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110188400

Subject： H04 grammar

Keyword： Case Number Language Acquisition

Language： ENG

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Description

The crosslinguistic studies of the early developmental stages of number, case, and gender in twelve typologically different languages with eight genetic affiliations follow a functional-constructivist approach. Some issues addressed are mean size of paradigms, percentage of base forms, and productivity. One of the main findings is that the typological characteristics of the language acquired influence the process of inflectional development.

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Contents

pp.：  1 – 5

Frontmatter

pp.：  1 – 1

List of abbreviations used in the present volume

pp.：  5 – 7

Contributors

pp.：  7 – 9

Introduction

pp.：  9 – 13

Early nominal morphology in Turkish: Emergence of case and number

pp.：  13 – 27

Acquisition of case and plural in Finnish

pp.：  27 – 61

The acquisition of numeral classifiers and optional plural marking in Yucatec Maya

pp.：  61 – 103

The early development of case and number in Estonian

pp.：  103 – 123

The acquisition of case, number, and gender in Croatian

pp.：  123 – 165

Acquisition of case and number in Russian

pp.：  165 – 191

The emergence of nominal inflection in Greek

pp.：  191 – 229

The acquisition of number and case in Austrian German nouns

pp.：  229 – 277

The emergence of nominal number in Italian

pp.：  277 – 315

Number morphology in Spanish first language acquisition

pp.：  315 – 353

Relations between the development of the category of nominal and verbal number in two French-speaking children

pp.：  353 – 383

Noun plurals in early Palestinian Arabic: A longitudinal case study

pp.：  383 – 423

Backmatter

pp.：  423 – 445

LastPages

pp.：  445 – 461

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