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Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition : Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept.
Title:
Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition : Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept.
Author:
Gülzow, Insa.
ISBN:
9783110977905
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (424 pages)
Series:
Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ; v.32

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]
Contents:
Introducing the frequency debate in studies of language acquisition -- Opening statement -- What frequency can do and what it can't -- The acquisition of determiners -- The role of input frequency in article acquisition in early child Swedish -- Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning: Determiner use in early French, German and Italian -- Input frequencies across development -- The acquisition of non-agent subjects in child Hebrew: The role of input -- The role of input frequency in early language production: Children's usage of Serbian prepositions -- Characteristics of maternal input in relation to vocabulary development in children learning German -- What happens when adults often use infinitives? -- Frequency mismatches between caregiver input and child language -- Structural versus frequency effects in L1 acquisition of the passive and impersonal in Serbian -- The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses -- Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech -- (Non-)Frequentist perspectives within UG -- A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena -- Principles, parameters and probabilities -- Comments -- The role of frequency in language acquisition -- Counting grammars -- List of contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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