Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning : Determiner use in early French, German and Italian
(2007) In Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA 32. p.83-113- Abstract
- This paper examines whether the token frequency of bare nouns in child-directed input is related to the amount of determiner omission in child lan-guage by comparing input and child data in the languages French, Germanand Italian. It is shown that these languages differ in the extent to whichthey allow and require bare nouns. Although French exhibits the lowestnumber of bare nouns, French-learning children omit determiners at a simi-lar rate as Italian-learning children. The paper concludes that input fre-quency cannot be the only factor that determines how fast determiners areacquired and discusses qualitative properties of determiners that may effec-tuate... (More)
- This paper examines whether the token frequency of bare nouns in child-directed input is related to the amount of determiner omission in child lan-guage by comparing input and child data in the languages French, Germanand Italian. It is shown that these languages differ in the extent to whichthey allow and require bare nouns. Although French exhibits the lowestnumber of bare nouns, French-learning children omit determiners at a simi-lar rate as Italian-learning children. The paper concludes that input fre-quency cannot be the only factor that determines how fast determiners areacquired and discusses qualitative properties of determiners that may effec-tuate distinct acquisition patterns across languages. (Less)
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- author
- Kupisch, Tanja LU
- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- articles, frequency, determiners, first language acquisition
- host publication
- Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition : Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept - Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept
- series title
- Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA
- editor
- Gülzow, Ina and Gagarina, Natalia
- volume
- 32
- pages
- 83 - 113
- publisher
- Mouton de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1861-4248
- ISBN
- 9783110977905
- 9783110196719
- DOI
- 10.1515/9783110977905.83
- language
- English
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- 77c5bcfb-9568-47c2-a706-7655abe1c543
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abstract = {{This paper examines whether the token frequency of bare nouns in child-directed input is related to the amount of determiner omission in child lan-guage by comparing input and child data in the languages French, Germanand Italian. It is shown that these languages differ in the extent to whichthey allow and require bare nouns. Although French exhibits the lowestnumber of bare nouns, French-learning children omit determiners at a simi-lar rate as Italian-learning children. The paper concludes that input fre-quency cannot be the only factor that determines how fast determiners areacquired and discusses qualitative properties of determiners that may effec-tuate distinct acquisition patterns across languages.}},
author = {{Kupisch, Tanja}},
booktitle = {{Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition : Defining the Limits of Frequency as an Explanatory Concept}},
editor = {{Gülzow, Ina and Gagarina, Natalia}},
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Mouton de Gruyter}},
series = {{Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA}},
title = {{Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning : Determiner use in early French, German and Italian}},
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doi = {{10.1515/9783110977905.83}},
volume = {{32}},
year = {{2007}},
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