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Danske børns tilegnelse af bøjningsmorfologi - udviklingen af substantivernes pluralisbøjning i alderen 0-10 år
Author(s) -
Laila Kjærbæk
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2246-4522
pISSN - 0106-8040
DOI - 10.7146/nys.v48i48.21137
Subject(s) - plural , danish , productivity , noun , linguistics , order (exchange) , psychology , mathematics , economics , philosophy , finance , macroeconomics
This study investigates the development of the noun plural inflectional category in Danish children from the first appearance up to the age of 10 years. It is based on a multi-method research approach in order to get a fuller picture of Danish children’s acquisition of noun plurals. The study rests on a sound-based analysis of the Danish noun plural system, and investigates the hypothesis that the productivity of the plural markers has an impact on acquisition. In order to test the hypothesis, a scale with three degrees of productivity for plural markers is proposed: 1) fully productive; 2) semi-productive; and 3) unproductive. The acquisition rate is predicted to go from fully productive to semi-productive to unproductive plural markers and the error direction to go from unproductive to semi-productive to fully productive plural markers. These predictions are confirmed by the study.

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