Children’s acquisition of word order variation: A study of subject placement in embedded clauses in Norwegian

Norwegian embedded clauses give children two options for subject placement: preceding or following negation (S-Neg/Neg-S). In the adult language, S-Neg is the ‘default’ and highly frequent option, and Neg-S is infrequent in children’s input. However, Neg-S may be argued to be the structurally less c...

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Published in:	Journal of child language Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 1109 - 1133
Main Authors:	RINGSTAD, Tina, WESTERGAARD, Marit
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Cambridge University Press 01.09.2024
Subjects:	Adult language Adults Child Child development Child Language Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Clauses Embedded constructions Female Humans Language Language Development Male Native language acquisition Negation Norway Norwegian Norwegian language Oral Language Semantics Speech Syntactic complexity Syntax Vocabulary Word order Norway economy word order variation First language acquisition Norwegian subject placement frequency
ISSN:	0305-0009, 1469-7602, 1469-7602
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