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dc.contributor.authorBentzen, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-15T11:16:46Z
dc.date.available2006-09-15T11:16:46Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we will discuss how economy principles interact with cues in the input in bilingual first language acquisition. We will look at the acquisition of verb placement in a child acquiring English and Norwegian simultaneously. Based on data from this child, it will be argued that when faced with ambiguous cues with respect to the verb movement parameter, children do not necessarily adopt the default, less marked setting. Rather, they may opt for a setting which yields an overall consistent grammar, even when this grammar contains operations that are more costly than those used in the target language. We will suggest that economy in acquisition may involve consistency in a grammar in correlation with economy in the more traditional sense within minimalism, where moving an element in general is considered more costly than not moving it (Chomsky 1995).en
dc.descriptionIn special issue: Tromsø Working Papers in Language Acquisitionen
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dc.identifier.citationNordlyd 32.1(2004), pp 156-175en
dc.identifier.issn1503-8599
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/256
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_116
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Allmenn språkvitenskap og fonetikk: 011en
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Nordiske språk: 018en
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Engelsk språk: 020en
dc.subjectV2en
dc.subjectcue competitionen
dc.subjectlanguage transferen
dc.subjecteconomy of acquisitionen
dc.subjectverb seconden
dc.subjectlanguage acquisitionen
dc.subjectword orderen
dc.titleCues and economy in the acquisition of verb movementen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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