Danish as a Window onto Language Processing and Learning

Autor/inn/en	Trecca, Fabio; Tylén, Kristian; Højen, Anders; Christiansen, Morten H.
Titel	Danish as a Window onto Language Processing and Learning
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 71 (2021) 3, S.799-833 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Trecca, Fabio) ORCID (Christiansen, Morten H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12450
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Indo European Languages; Language Classification; Phonetics; Language Acquisition; Attribution Theory; Phonology; Language Usage; Linguistic Theory; Learning Theories; Individual Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Indoeuropäisch; Sprachtypologie; Phonetik; Fonetik; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Fonologie; Sprachgebrauch; Linguistische Theorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	It is often assumed that all languages are fundamentally the same. This assumption has been challenged by research in linguistic typology and language evolution, but questions of language learning and use have largely been left aside. Here we review recent work on Danish that provides new insights into these questions. Unlike closely related languages, Danish has an unusually reduced phonetic structure, which seemingly delays Danish-learning children in several aspects of their language acquisition. Adult language use appears to be affected as well, resulting, among other things, in an increased dependence on top-down information in comprehension. In this conceptual review, we build the argument that a causal relationship may exist between the sound structure of Danish and the peculiarities of its acquisition and use. We argue that a theory of language learning that accommodates the existing evidence from Danish must explicitly account for the interaction between learner-related factors and language-specific constraints. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01