TY - BOOK ID - 14305461 TI - Variation in the input : studies in the acquisition of word order AU - Anderssen, Merete. AU - Bentzen, Kristine. AU - Westergaard, Marit. PY - 2010 SN - 9048192064 9786613003119 9048192072 1283003112 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Discourse analysis. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order. KW - Typology (Linguistics). KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Philology & Linguistics KW - Psycholinguistics. KW - Language acquisition. KW - Linguistics. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Word order. KW - Applied linguistics. KW - Syntax. KW - Linguistics, general. KW - Applied Linguistics. KW - Linguistic science KW - Science of language KW - Language and languages KW - Language, Psychology of KW - Psychology of language KW - Speech KW - Linguistics KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Psychological aspects KW - Word order KW - Order (Grammar) KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Acquisition KW - Grammar, Comparative and general. KW - Comparative grammar KW - Grammar KW - Grammar, Philosophical KW - Grammar, Universal KW - Philosophical grammar KW - Philology KW - Grammar, Comparative KW - Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax KW - Syntax UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305461 AB - The topic of variation in language has received considerable attention in the field of general linguistics in recent years. This includes research on linguistic micro-variation that is dependent on fine distinctions in syntax and information structure. However, relatively little work has been done on how this variation is acquired. This book focuses on how different types of variation are expressed in the input and how this is acquired by young children. The collection of papers includes studies of the acquisition of variation in a number of different languages, including English, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Swiss German, Ukrainian, and American Sign Language. Different kinds of linguistic variation are considered, ranging from pure word order variation to optionally doubly filled COMPs and the resolution of scopal ambiguities. In addition, papers in the volume deal with the extreme case of variation found in bilingual acquisition. ER -