Chapter 7
Dynamic variation in developmental style
Article outline
- 7.1Introduction
- 7.2Overview of the learners’ style
- 7.3Timing of information questions
- 7.3.1Philomena: Reliance on Stage 3 syntax
- Timing of Stage 2 and 3 syntax
- Formulaic patterns and Base Auxiliary in 2nd
- 7.3.2Ellen: Reliance on Stage 3 syntax
- Timing of Stage 3 syntax
- Formulaic patterns and Base Aux in 2nd
- 7.3.3Mary: Reliance on Stage 3 syntax
- Timing of Stage syntax
- Formulaic patterns and Base Aux in 2nd
- 7.3.4Samia style: Reliance on Stage 3 syntax
- 7.3.5Andre: Reliance on Stage 3 syntax, with elaboration
- 7.3.6Yan: Reliance on canonical order, no Stage 4 co-timing
- 7.3.7Amir: Stage 4 morphosyntax, formulae
- 7.3.8Daniel: Reliance on canonical order, co-timing of Stage 4
morphosyntax
- 7.3.9Summary
- 7.4Timing of noun and verb morphology
- 7.4.1Ellen: Dependence on words
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.2Mary: Morphological lag
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.3Philomena: Morphological lag
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.4Yan: Morphological lag
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.5Amir’s style: Morphological lag
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.6Andre: Morphological lag
- Verb morphology
- Andre’s noun morphology
- 7.4.7Samia: Co-timing of morphology and syntax
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.8Daniel: Co-timing of morphology and syntax
- Verb morphology
- Noun morphology
- 7.4.9Summary
- 7.5From syntax-first to morphology and syntax
- 7.5.1Ellen: Syntax-first (Stages 2 to 4)
- 7.5.2Yan: Syntax-first (Stages 2 to 4)
- 7.5.3Mary: Syntax-first (Stages 3 to 4)
- 7.5.4Philomena: Syntax-first (Stages 3 to 4)
- 7.5.5Andre: Syntax-first (Stages 3 to 4)
- 7.5.6Amir: Syntax-first (Stage 4)
- 7.5.7Samia: Mixed morphosyntactic (Stages 3 to 4)
- 7.5.8Daniel: Mixed morphosyntactic (Stages 2 to 4)
- 7.6Discussion and conclusion
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Notes