The Interaction of Input and UG in the Acquisition of Verb Movement in a Dialect of Norwegian

In this paper it is 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 Norwegian, it has prev...

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Main Author: Marit R. Westergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005-02-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
Subjects:
V2
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/61