The role of frequency in the acquisition of English word order

Cognitive Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-136

  Matthews, Danielle ^a   Lieven, Elena ^a,b   Theakston, Anna ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency; Language acquisition; Syntax; Word order

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844367175     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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