Acquisition of morphological paradigms in Slovene compared to corresponding processes in German and English
Teodor Petrič
University of Maribor
This paper in the framework of Natural Linguistics (cf. Dressler et al. 1987, Dressler 1997) presents results of a longitudinal investigation of the language acquisition process in a Slovene child (up to the age of 3;6). The main goals are to provide evidence for the grammar building process on the basis of natural preferences and self-organization processes, and to show similarities between the selected languages of comparison regarding the use of morphological elements. Some parallels between first and second language acquisition of morphological paradigms will be pointed out as well. The language materials used as evidence consist of language data from studies of other linguists (cf. Kauschke 2000, Makovec-Černe & Dressler 1997, Meibauer & Rothweiler 1999, Piske 2001, Wode 1993, Zangl 1998 etc.) and of language data gathered in own empirical investigations of first language acquisition (diary study and video clips).
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