Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition ：Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept ( Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA )

Publication subTitle ：Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept

Publication series ：Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA

Author： Insa Gülzow   Natalia Gagarina  

Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9783110977905

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110196719

Subject： H0 Linguistics

Keyword： Language acqusition, Theories of Language Acquisition.

Language： ENG

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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 identifies frequency as a non-coherent concept and argues for a precise definition of what can and cannot be explained by statistical effects.

Chapter

Introducing the frequency debate in studies of language acquisition

pp.：  7 – 27

Opening statement

pp.：  27 – 29

What frequency can do and what it can't

pp.：  29 – 55

The acquisition of determiners

pp.：  55 – 57

The role of input frequency in article acquisition in early child Swedish

pp.：  57 – 89

Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning: Determiner use in early French, German and Italian

pp.：  89 – 121

Input frequencies across development

pp.：  121 – 123

The acquisition of non-agent subjects in child Hebrew: The role of input

pp.：  123 – 151

The role of input frequency in early language production: Children’s usage of Serbian prepositions

pp.：  151 – 187

Characteristics of maternal input in relation to vocabulary development in children learning German

pp.：  187 – 211

What happens when adults often use infinitives?

pp.：  211 – 241

Frequency mismatches between caregiver input and child language

pp.：  241 – 243

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

pp.：  243 – 277

The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses

pp.：  277 – 313

Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech

pp.：  313 – 335

(Non-)Frequentist perspectives within UG

pp.：  335 – 337

A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena

pp.：  337 – 365

Principles, parameters and probabilities

pp.：  365 – 387

Comments

pp.：  387 – 389

The role of frequency in language acquisition

pp.：  389 – 395

Counting grammars

pp.：  395 – 413

List of contributors

pp.：  413 – 417

Index

pp.：  417 – 425

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