Austrian Academy of Sciences

Department of Linguistics and Communication Research

Noun development in a cross-linguistic perspective: the interface of lexicon and grammar in first language acquisition (FWF P17276-G03)

Publications:

• Laaha, S., D. Ravid, K. Korecky-Kröll, G. Laaha & W.U. Dressler (2006): Early noun plurals in German: regularity, productivity or default?, Journal of Child Language 33; 271-302.
• Dressler, W.U. (2008) : Approche typologique de l’acquisition de la langue première, in: M. Kail, M. Fayol & M. Hickmann eds. Apprentissage des Langues. Paris: CNRS Editions; 137-149.
• Ravid, D., W.U. Dressler, B. Nir-Sagiv, K. Korecky-Kröll, A. Souman, K. Rehfeldt, S. Laaha, J. Bertl, H. Basboell & S. Gillis (2008): Core morphology in child directed speech: crosslinguistic corpus analyses of noun plurals, in: H. Behrens ed. Corpora in language acquisition research: finding structure in data (= TiLAR Series 6). Amsterdam: Benjamins; 25-60.
• Korecky-Kröll, K. & W.U. Dressler (2009): The acquisition of number and case in Austrian German nouns, in: U. Stephany & M.D. Voeikova eds. Development of nominal inflection in first language acquisition: a cross-linguistic perspective. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter; 265-302.

Talks / Poster presentations:

• Bertl, J., W.U. Dressler, K. Korecky-Kröll & S. Laaha: Pluralerwerb bei Wiener Kindern im Alter von 2 -10 Jahren. Talk presented at the 33th Austrian Linguistics Meeting, Graz, Oct. 2005.
• Bertl, J., W.U. Dressler, K. Korecky-Kröll, S. Laaha: Austrian experimental studies. Talk presented at the Francqui Colloquium on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Antwerp, Dec. 2005.
• Dressler, W.U., S. Laaha, K. Korecky-Kröll & J. Bertl: Base transparency and suffix predictability in German noun plurals. Talk presented at the Francqui Colloquium on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Antwerp, Dec. 2005.
• Korecky-Kröll, K.: Austrian longitudinal data. Talk presented at the Francqui Colloquium on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Antwerp, Dec. 2005.
• Bertl, J., K. Korecky-Kröll, S. Laaha: The plurality of plurals: a comparison of plural elicitation techniques in first language acquisition. Poster presented at the Workshop “Acquisition and impairments of inflectional morphology”, 12th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, May 2006.
• Dressler, W.U., S. Gillis, J. Bertl, K. Korecky-Kröll, S. Laaha, H. Basbøll & K. Rehfeldt Kofod: Core morphology and its acquisition: Plural formation in Dutch, German and Danish. Talk presented at the Workshop “Acquisition and impairments of inflectional morphology”, 12th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, May 2006.
• Dressler, W.U., K. Korecky-Kröll, J. Bertl, & S. Laaha: Kernmorphologie und Erstspracherwerb, am Beispiel des deutschen Plurals. Talk presented at the 34th Austrian Linguistics Meeting, Klagenfurt, Dec. 2006.
• Laaha, S.: Wie Kinder Plural erwerben: ein Multi-Methoden-Ansatz. Talk presented at the Assembly of the Centre for Linguistics and Audiovisual Documentation of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, March, 2008.
• Dressler, W.U.: Introduction. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Ravid, D.: Methodology. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Basboell, H., K. Korecky-Kröll, A. Souman, B. Nir-Sagiv, Laila Kjaerbaek, L. Lettner, S. Gillis, D. Ravid, C. Lambertsen, W. Vach & W.U. Dressler: Longitudinal case studies. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Nir-Sagiv, B., S. Laaha, H. Basboell, H. Zwilling, K. Korecky-Kröll, C. Lambertsen, N. Abugov, L. K. Spendier, L. Kjaerbaek, N. Stempfer, K. Rehfeldt, D. Ravid: Cross-sectional naturalistic elicitations: peer talk and scripts. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Gillis, S., S. Laaha, L. Kjaerbaek, A. Souman, N. Lavie, J. Bertl, K. Rehfeldt, S. Dhollander, R. Levie, W. U. Dressler, H. Basboell, C. Lambertsen, I. Molemans, D. Ravid: The classical task. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Laaha, S., R. Levie, J. Bertl, E. Raz, G. Laaha, W. U. Dressler & D. Ravid: The lotto game. Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approach”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Ravid, D. & W.U. Dressler: Discussion: Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? Talk presented at the Symposium “Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? A multi-task approch”, 11th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, July 2008.
• Laaha, S.: Die Methode bestimmt die Antwort: zum Einfluss von Elizitationskontext und Testmethode auf das Antwortverhalten von Kindern bei Sprachtests’. Talk presented at the 36th Austrian Linguistics Meeting, Vienna, Dec. 2008.
• Laaha, S. & W.U. Dressler: Suffix predictability and stem transparency in the acquisition of German noun plurals. Talk presented at the 14th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, May 2010.