The Role of Consistency in Use of Morphosyntactic Forms in Child-Directed Speech in the Acquisition of Irish, a Minority Language Undergoing Rapid Language Change

Autor/inn/en	Antonijevic, Stanislava; Muckley, Sarah Ann; Muller, Nicole
Titel	The Role of Consistency in Use of Morphosyntactic Forms in Child-Directed Speech in the Acquisition of Irish, a Minority Language Undergoing Rapid Language Change
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 47 (2020) 2, S.267-288 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
Schlagwörter	Irish; Morphology (Languages); Language Minorities; Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Children; Language Variation; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Input; Syntax; Language Usage; Accuracy; Foreign Countries; Role; Sociolinguistics; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Irisch; Morphology; Morphologie; Sprachminderheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachenvielfalt; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachbildung; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Rollen; Soziolinguistik; Irland
Abstract	Irish is a rapidly changing minority language spoken as the main community language in some areas of the officially Irish-speaking "Gaeltacht" regions in Ireland. We analyse narratives from 17 parent-child dyads, living in one such area. All children, aged 3-6;4, had high exposure to the local variety of Irish. The input quality was measured by specifying consistency and accuracy of use of morphosyntactic forms in parental narratives directed to their children. The same morphosyntactic forms were analysed in narrative retell by the children. The children produced with high accuracy those forms that the parents used consistently and accurately. For the forms where parents' usage was inconsistent, large variation in the children's usage was observed. The findings suggest that consistency and accuracy in the use of morphosyntactic forms in the parental language is an important factor in language acquisition; however, its influence might be confounded by other factors. (As Provided).
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