Chapter 1. Emergence and early development of German compounds
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Katharina Korecky-Kröll
Abstract
The West Germanic language German is particularly rich and productive in nominal compounding, especially of noun-noun compounds. This chapter presents and analyzes the longitudinal data of three Viennese children up to 3;0 and the transversal data of 28 children at 3;0 and 3;3 (14 low, 14 high socio-economic status). The analysis focuses on amalgams vs. compounds, order of emergence of word classes of their modifiers from nouns over verbs to adjectives etc., from interfixless to interfixed compounds (of several subtypes), on the facilitating impact of input frequency, productivity and transparency. Finally, it accounts for the rise of complexity and a blind-alley development and their evidence for morphology and acquisition theory.
Abstract
The West Germanic language German is particularly rich and productive in nominal compounding, especially of noun-noun compounds. This chapter presents and analyzes the longitudinal data of three Viennese children up to 3;0 and the transversal data of 28 children at 3;0 and 3;3 (14 low, 14 high socio-economic status). The analysis focuses on amalgams vs. compounds, order of emergence of word classes of their modifiers from nouns over verbs to adjectives etc., from interfixless to interfixed compounds (of several subtypes), on the facilitating impact of input frequency, productivity and transparency. Finally, it accounts for the rise of complexity and a blind-alley development and their evidence for morphology and acquisition theory.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Emergence and early development of German compounds 19
- Chapter 2. Compound nouns in Danish child language 39
- Chapter 3. Acquisition of nominal compounds in Russian 63
- Chapter 4. Early development of compounds in two French children’s corpora 91
- Chapter 5. Compounding in early Greek language acquisition 119
- Chapter 6. The early production of compounds in Lithuanian 145
- Chapter 7. Acquisition of noun compounds in Estonian 165
- Chapter 8. Acquisition of compound nouns in Finnish 191
- Chapter 9. The acquisition of compound nouns in North Saami 209
- Chapter 10. The emergence of nominal compounds in Turkish 231
- Chapter 11. Compounding in early child speech: Hebrew peer talk 2–8 251
- Chapter 12. Contrastive lexical typology of German and Greek child speech and child-directed speech 275
- Chapter 13. Discussion and outlook 287
- Index 307
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Emergence and early development of German compounds 19
- Chapter 2. Compound nouns in Danish child language 39
- Chapter 3. Acquisition of nominal compounds in Russian 63
- Chapter 4. Early development of compounds in two French children’s corpora 91
- Chapter 5. Compounding in early Greek language acquisition 119
- Chapter 6. The early production of compounds in Lithuanian 145
- Chapter 7. Acquisition of noun compounds in Estonian 165
- Chapter 8. Acquisition of compound nouns in Finnish 191
- Chapter 9. The acquisition of compound nouns in North Saami 209
- Chapter 10. The emergence of nominal compounds in Turkish 231
- Chapter 11. Compounding in early child speech: Hebrew peer talk 2–8 251
- Chapter 12. Contrastive lexical typology of German and Greek child speech and child-directed speech 275
- Chapter 13. Discussion and outlook 287
- Index 307
