Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition

The volume deals with the emergence of verb morphology in children during their second and early third year of life from a cross-linguistic perspective. It covers 15 contributions - each analyzing one single language - based on parallel longitudinal investigations of children with parallel methodology and macrostructure in representation. The main question addressed is: How do children detect morphology and construct first subsystems of verbal inflection? The focus lies on the transition from a premorphological phase to a protomorphological phase. The main proposal consists in the concept of miniparadigms and of their relation to morpho-syntactic developments in early first language acquisition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110178230
• ISBN13: 9783110178234
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 461 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary