Nominal Compound Acquisition

This book offers a systematic study of the emergence and early development of compound nouns in first language acquisition from a cross-linguistic and typological perspective. The language sample is both genealogically and typologically diversified, ranging from languages rich in compounds, such as...

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Other Authors: Dressler, Wolfgang U. (ed.), Ketrez, F. Nihan (ed.), Kilani-Schoch, Marianne (ed.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_9D180BA36A88
https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.61
https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/lald.61/main
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Summary:This book offers a systematic study of the emergence and early development of compound nouns in first language acquisition from a cross-linguistic and typological perspective. The language sample is both genealogically and typologically diversified, ranging from languages rich in compounds, such as German, Saami, Estonian and Finnish, to languages poor in compounds, such as French.