Chapter 8. The acquisition of the Lithuanian derivational system
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Laura Kamandulytė-Merfeldienė
Abstract
This study is based on the longitudinal corpus data of two Lithuanian children (1;7–2;7). The aim of the research is to analyse the production of suffixed and prefixed nouns, verbs, and adjectives in CS and CDS during the early stages of the acquisition of Lithuanian morphology. The acquisition of the Lithuanian derivational system seems to be quite an effortless process. Although a considerable number of errors occurred at the initial stages, the first derivational families emerged already at the age of 1;8–1;9, and the number of errors started to decrease rapidly. The period during which the first derivatives emerge in child speech corresponds to the transition from a premorphological to a protomorphological stage.
Abstract
This study is based on the longitudinal corpus data of two Lithuanian children (1;7–2;7). The aim of the research is to analyse the production of suffixed and prefixed nouns, verbs, and adjectives in CS and CDS during the early stages of the acquisition of Lithuanian morphology. The acquisition of the Lithuanian derivational system seems to be quite an effortless process. Although a considerable number of errors occurred at the initial stages, the first derivational families emerged already at the age of 1;8–1;9, and the number of errors started to decrease rapidly. The period during which the first derivatives emerge in child speech corresponds to the transition from a premorphological to a protomorphological stage.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of abbreviations vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. The development of derivation in early Greek first language acquisition 21
- Chapter 3. Derivational patterns in spontaneous data of French-speaking parent-child interactions before age three 53
- Chapter 4. Emergence and early development of derivatives in Danish child language 85
- Chapter 5. Early phases of development of German derivational morphology 109
- Chapter 6. Derivational morphology in Croatian child language 141
- Chapter 7. Acquisition of derivational morphology in Russian 169
- Chapter 8. The acquisition of the Lithuanian derivational system 197
- Chapter 9. Acquisition of noun and verb derivation in Estonian 217
- Chapter 10. Derivation in Finnish child speech and child-directed speech 237
- Chapter 11. Noun and verb derivations in early Turkish child and child-directed speech 263
- Chapter 12. Conclusions 289
- Subject index 305
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of abbreviations vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. The development of derivation in early Greek first language acquisition 21
- Chapter 3. Derivational patterns in spontaneous data of French-speaking parent-child interactions before age three 53
- Chapter 4. Emergence and early development of derivatives in Danish child language 85
- Chapter 5. Early phases of development of German derivational morphology 109
- Chapter 6. Derivational morphology in Croatian child language 141
- Chapter 7. Acquisition of derivational morphology in Russian 169
- Chapter 8. The acquisition of the Lithuanian derivational system 197
- Chapter 9. Acquisition of noun and verb derivation in Estonian 217
- Chapter 10. Derivation in Finnish child speech and child-directed speech 237
- Chapter 11. Noun and verb derivations in early Turkish child and child-directed speech 263
- Chapter 12. Conclusions 289
- Subject index 305
