Naslov
The Acquisition of Case, Number and Gender in Croatian

Autori
Kovačević, Melita ; Palmović, Marijan ; Hržica, Gordana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Urednik/ci
Stephany, Ursula ; Voeikova, Maria

Izdavač
Mouton de Gruyter

Grad
Berlin

Godina
2009

Raspon stranica
153-177

ISBN
978-3-11-018840-0

Ključne riječi
case, number, gender, acquisition

Sažetak
The analysis of Croatian data based on the child corpus of one Croatian child, Antonija, has provided sufficient evidence for obtaining answers to questions raised at the beginning of this paper. Morphological complexity proves to be a trigger for early acquisition. The first oppositions appear already at age 1 ; 6 while the first grammatical markers appear in the one-word stage. Such course of morphological development differs significantly form the data in other and/or less morphologically complex languages. Child behaves from the very beginning as an ?efficient? learner being confronted with morphological richness in target language. The child balances between acquiring vocabulary and morphology. After acquiring the critical vocabulary mass, the seesaw flips to the other side and the acquisition of morphology follows in a high speed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Logopedija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

Napomena
Poglavlje u knjizi, urednici: Maria Voekova, Ursulla stephani, Izdavač, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin

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