| Автор | CAMERON-FAULKNER, THEA |
| Автор | LIEVEN, ELENA |
| Автор | THEAKSTON, ANNA |
| Дата выпуска | 2007 |
| dc.description | The study investigates the development of English multiword negation, in particular the negation of zero marked verbs (e.g. no sleep, not see, canʼt reach) from a usage-based perspective. The data was taken from a dense database consisting of the speech of an English-speaking child (Brian) aged 2;3–3;4 (MLU 2·05–3·1) and his mother. The focus of the study was the emergence and usage of negators in the childʼs and motherʼs speech (e.g. no, not, canʼt, wonʼt, donʼt). Two analyses were conducted: firstly, the emergence and usage of all negators in Brianʼs speech and in the input were calculated in order to present an overall picture of negator usage across the sample. The findings indicate a gradual and systematic development of negator selection in Brianʼs speech which follows the trajectory no–not–ʼnt. The pattern of negator emergence was found to follow the frequency of negators in the input; that is negators used frequently in the input were the first to emerge in the childʼs speech. Secondly, a more fine-grained analysis of utterances containing negated zero marked verbs (neg V utterances) was conducted on both the childʼs and motherʼs speech. In the first instance the development of negator selection for all neg V utterances was calculated. The results indicated the same no–not–ʼnt cline as attested in the initial analysis. A function-based analysis of neg V utterances was also conducted which indicated that the speed of movement across the no–not–ʼnt cline varied from one function to the next. A function-based analysis of the input suggested that the speed at which Brian moved across the cline within a particular function could be traced to function-based frequency effects in the input. Thus the findings of the study indicate function-based, input-driven learning which is consistent with the usage-based approach. However the findings also indicate creative learning on the part of the child from the earliest stages of multiword negation. |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Название | What part of no do children not understand? A usage-based account of multiword negationWe would like to thank the following people: Evan Kidd for his helpful comments, Brian and his mother for their time and patience, the team of research assistants who collected and transcribed the data, and Jeannine Goh for supervising the dense database project. We would also like to thank Edith Bavin and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0305000906007884 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1469-7602 |
| Print ISSN | 0305-0009 |
| Журнал | Journal of Child Language |
| Том | 34 |
| Первая страница | 251 |
| Последняя страница | 282 |
| Аффилиация | CAMERON-FAULKNER THEA; University of Manchester; University of Manchester |
| Аффилиация | LIEVEN ELENA; University of Manchester |
| Аффилиация | THEAKSTON ANNA; The University of Manchester |
| Выпуск | 2 |
