Chapter 7. Acquisition of noun compounds in Estonian
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Reili Argus
Abstract
The main objective of the chapter is to identify the relevant factors in the acquisition of Estonian noun compounds on the basis of a corpus study of three monolingual Estonian children between 1;3 and 3;1. The results indicate that Estonian children acquire nominal compounds early, starting with the most transparent and productive patterns. The importance of productivity can be seen in the recurrence of compounds and their members as independent words, as well as in the coining of novel compounds which occurred with relative frequency.
Abstract
The main objective of the chapter is to identify the relevant factors in the acquisition of Estonian noun compounds on the basis of a corpus study of three monolingual Estonian children between 1;3 and 3;1. The results indicate that Estonian children acquire nominal compounds early, starting with the most transparent and productive patterns. The importance of productivity can be seen in the recurrence of compounds and their members as independent words, as well as in the coining of novel compounds which occurred with relative frequency.
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
