Chapter 6
Dynamic variation in simplifying developmental problems
Article outline
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2Syntactic results: From simplifying to standardizing
- 6.2.1Philomena: Simplifying scout and omission
- A syntactic scout
- Philomena’s preference for simplifying svntactic options
- 6.2.2Ellen: Simplifying scout and omission
- A syntactic scout
- Ellen’s preference for simplifying syntactic options
- 6.2.3Mary: Simplifying scout and omission
- A syntactic scout
- Mary’s simplifying syntactic options
- 6.2.4Andre: Simplifying with intra-learner variation
- Andre’s syntactic scout
- Andre’s simplifying syntactic options and intra-learner
variation
- 6.2.5Samia: Simplifying scout and omission
- A syntactic scout
- Samia’s simplifying syntactic options
- 6.2.6Yan: Simplifying (delayed) scout and omission
- A syntactic scout
- A preference for simplifying options
- 6.2.7Amir: Standardizing trailer and avoidance
- A syntactic trailer
- Amir’s standardizing option
- 6.2.8Daniel: Standardizing trailer and avoidance?
- A syntactic trailer
- Daniel’s uninformative options
- 6.2.9Summary
- 6.3Morphological results: From simplifying to standardizing
- 6.3.1Philomena: Simplifying scout and violation
- A morphological scout
- A preference for simplifying morphological options
- 6.3.2Mary: Simplifying scout and violation
- A morphological scout
- Mary’s simplifying morphological options
- 6.3.3Daniel: Simplifying scout and violation
- A morphological scout
- Daniel’s simplifying options
- 6.3.4Ellen: Simplifying scout and violation
- A morphological scout
- Simplifying morphological options
- 6.3.5Yan: Simplifying but sensitivity to the context
- A morphological scout
- Yan’s simplifying morphological options
- 6.3.6Andre: Simplifying scout and balanced options
- Andre’s morphological scout
- Andre’s mixed morphological options
- 6.3.7Amir: Simplifying scout and avoidance
- Amir’s scout
- Amir’s standardizing options
- 6.3.8Samia: Standardizing trailer and balanced options?
- A morphological trailer
- Samia’s uninformative options
- 6.3.9Summary
- 6.4Overall summary
- 6.5Discussion and conclusion