Chapter 4
Dynamic variation as a dimension of processability
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2The dynamics of the variational options hypothesis
- 4.2.1Developmental problems
- The syntactic problem: Wh- questions with lexical verbs before
Stage 4
- The morphological problem: Lexical verbs with 3sg
subjects before Stage 4
- 4.2.2Developmental trailers and scouts
- 4.2.3Variational options
- 4.2.4Learner orientation: Simplifying (Type A), standardizing (Type
B)
- 4.2.5Empirical support
- 4.2.6Recapping the hypothesis
- 4.2.7Variation in PT’s developmental features
- 4.3The dynamics of the developmental style hypothesis
- 4.3.1Lexical and grammatical morphemes
- 4.3.2Previous studies of developmental style: A critical
self-review
- 4.3.3Timing of PT’s developmental features
- 4.3.4Timing of Stage 3 syntax and related Stage 4 morphosyntax
- 4.3.5Timing of verb and noun morphology
- 4.4The dynamics of developmental change
- 4.4.1Variation, change, and fossilization
- 4.4.2Variation, emergence, and change
- 4.5Conclusion
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