The role of frequency in children's learning of morphological constructions - Cordes, Anne-Kristin (Narr, 2014)
Introduction and outlineLanguage learning from the input?Contrasting key issuesThe issue of human uniquenessLanguage knowledge in the child and in the adultThe role of the inputThe poverty-of-the-stimulus argument versus learning from the inputInput qualityInput quantityLearning from the inputConclusionThe learning processStarting point : Categorization and analogy in language learningCategorization : the prototype accountConcept and processThe development of linguistic categoriesSummaryAnalogiesConcept and processThe development of analogizing abilitiesThe role of similaritySummaryStarting point revisited : categorization and analogy in language learningComparison of categorization and analogyRedefinitions of categorization and analogy in construction learningSteps of construction learningAnalogy and categorization in construction learningFrequency effects in language learningFrequency in language representation and language learningFrequency and concrete constructionsFrequency and partially-filled constructionsMorphological constructionsOther partially-filled constructionsFrequency and abstract constructionsAbstract constructionsComplex constructionsTypological featuresSummary of previous researchIntroduction of the pattern levelMajor research questionsCorpus study : Frequency of the derivational verb prefix pattern in caregiver and child speech in German and EnglishBackgroundMotivationVerb prefixes in German and EnglishThe development of derivational morphology in childrenThe operationalization of pattern frequencyHypotheses for the corpus studyCorpus analysisDatabaseProcedure and resultsDiscussion
Keywords: Hochschulschrift; Children; Language acquisition; German language; English language; Language arts (Early childhood); Grammar; Comparative and general