The Interaction of Input and UG in the Acquisition of Verb Movement in a Dialect of Norwegian.’ Nordlyd: Tromsø Working

In this paper it will be argued that a principle of information structure provided by Universal Grammar (UG) may interact with input in the acquisition of word order. In a study which investigates three children from the age of approximately 1;9 to 3 acquiring a Northern dialect of

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Main Author: Marit R. Westergaard
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.296.2456
http://www.hum.uit.no/a/westergaard/PUBLICATIONS/MRW-Nordlyd04.pdf
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Summary:In this paper it will be argued that a principle of information structure provided by Universal Grammar (UG) may interact with input in the acquisition of word order. In a study which investigates three children from the age of approximately 1;9 to 3 acquiring a Northern dialect of