Chapter 4. Emergence and early development of derivatives in Danish child language
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Laila Kjærbæk
Abstract
This chapter is a first attempt to describe and characterize the development of derivational morphology in monolingual Danish-speaking children’s early spontaneous speech. It introduces the Danish derivational system and gives an overview of the most common derivational types in Danish, emphasizing the interaction between derivation and prosody. It analyses derivatives in a corpus of parent-child-interactions and discusses factors impacting early development of derivatives. The results show that conventional derivatives appear from age 1;3–1;7. The most frequent derivatives and derivational patterns in child speech are also among the most frequent in child-directed speech. Only a very small inventory of derivational patterns has emerged up to age 3;11, and only vague traces of an emerging knowledge of productive derivation are found.
Abstract
This chapter is a first attempt to describe and characterize the development of derivational morphology in monolingual Danish-speaking children’s early spontaneous speech. It introduces the Danish derivational system and gives an overview of the most common derivational types in Danish, emphasizing the interaction between derivation and prosody. It analyses derivatives in a corpus of parent-child-interactions and discusses factors impacting early development of derivatives. The results show that conventional derivatives appear from age 1;3–1;7. The most frequent derivatives and derivational patterns in child speech are also among the most frequent in child-directed speech. Only a very small inventory of derivational patterns has emerged up to age 3;11, and only vague traces of an emerging knowledge of productive derivation are found.
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
