Frequency effects in language acquisition : defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept /

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Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 416 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Studies on language acquisition, 1861-4248 ; 32 Studies on language acquisition ; 32.
Subject:	Language acquisition. Frequency (Linguistics) Frequency (Linguistics) Language acquisition.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11158812

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Other authors / contributors:	Gülzow, Insa, 1967- Gagarina, Natalia.
ISBN:	9783110977905 3110977907 9783110196719 3110196719
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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 id.
Other form:	Print version: 9783110196719

Table of Contents:

Introducing the frequency debate in studies of language acquisition / Insa Gülzow and Natalia Gagarina
What frequency can do and what it can't / Tom Roeper
The role of input frequency in article acquisition in early child Swedish / Ute Bohnacker
Testing the effects of frequency on the rate of learning / Tanja Kupisch
The acquisition of non-agent subjects in child Hebrew / Sigal Uziel-Karl and Nancy Budwig
The role of input frequency in early language production / Maja Savić and Darinka Andelković
Characteristics of maternal input in relation to vocabulary development in children learning German / Christina Kauschke and Gisela Klann-Delius
What happens when adults often use infinitives? / Natalia Gagarina
Structural versus frequency effects in L1 acquisition of the passive and impersonal in Serbian / Milja Djurkovic
The (non- ) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses / Marit Westergaard and Kristine Bentzen
Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech / Denisa Bordag
A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena / Jason Mattausch and Insa Gülzow
Principles, parameters and probabilities / Rosalind Thornton, Stephen Crain and Graciela Tesan
The role of frequency in language acquisition / Katherine Demuth
Counting grammars / Charles Yang.

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