The Root Nominal Stage: A Case Study of Early Nungon Verbs

Autor/in	Sarvasy, Hannah S.
Titel	The Root Nominal Stage: A Case Study of Early Nungon Verbs
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 46 (2019) 6, S.1073-1101 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sarvasy, Hannah S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000919000357
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Verbs; Rural Areas; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Phrase Structure; Foreign Countries; Languages; Speech Communication; Preschool Children; Language Usage; Comparative Analysis; Language Research; Linguistic Input; Papua New Guinea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Phrasenstruktur; Ausland; Language; Sprache; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachforschung; Sprachbildung; Papua-New Guinea; Papua-Neuguinea
Abstract	The 'root infinitive' phenomenon in child speech is known from major languages such as Dutch. In this case study, a child acquiring the Papuan language Nungon in a remote village setting in Papua New Guinea uses two different non-finite verb forms as predicates of main clauses ('root' contexts) between ages 2;3 and 3;3. The first root non-finite form is an apparent innovation of the child, unacceptable in adult-to-adult speech, which must be learned from a special auxiliary construction in child-directed speech. The second root non-finite form functions like attested adult main clause use of the same form. During the study period, the first root non-finite form increases sharply to function as a default verb form, then decreases to nil by 3;2. The second increases gradually to near-adult levels. Both forms are non-finite and have similar proportions in the input. Thus, factors other than finiteness and frequency must explain their distributions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01