The Emergence and Development of Complex Predicates in Early Child Hebrew

Autor/in	Lustigman, Lyle
Titel	The Emergence and Development of Complex Predicates in Early Child Hebrew
Quelle	In: First Language, 41 (2021) 4, S.430-450 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lustigman, Lyle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723719899240
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Verbs; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Form Classes (Languages); Preschool Children; Linguistic Input; Foreign Countries; Grammar; Age Differences; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Analytischer Sprachbau; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachbildung; Ausland; Grammatik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The present study examines the development of the earliest type of complex predicates to emerge in child Hebrew -- extended predicate constructions. These constructions take the form of a modal/aspectual operator followed by an infinitival verb form (e.g., "roce lesaxek" 'want to.play'), and since they serve various discursive functions (e.g., intent, desire, request), their use marks a significant development in toddlers' cognitive, linguistic, and conversational abilities. Focus here is on the three most common modal operators used in extended predicates in early child Hebrew: "roce" 'want', "yaxol" 'can', and "carix" 'need/have.to'. Analyses cover all uses of these three predicates by both children and adults, in longitudinal weekly-recorded speech samples from three Hebrew-acquiring children, starting with the earliest verb forms produced by each child and lasting for a period of over a year (age range: 1;3-2;5). Findings show the following developmental trends: (a) "roce" 'want' emerges the earliest and continues to be the most frequent of the three predicates throughout the year; (b) children favor using "roce," "yaxol," and "carix" as main predicates before they start integrating them in extended-predicate contexts; (c) early adult uses of extended predicates in child-directed speech are almost exclusively in the form of Yes/No verification questions (e.g., "ata roce laševet?" 'you want to.sit?'); and (d) as children gradually use more extended predicates, adults gradually use fewer Yes/No verification questions, and more prompts that elicit information from the children (e.g., "ma ata roce la'asot?" 'what (do) you want to.do?') while also expanding more on the children's productions. These concurrent trends show that such complex predicates develop in a piecemeal fashion, promoted by both the gradually evolving relations between children's linguistic productions and their discursive functions, and the supportive contexts provided by their adult interlocutors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01