All Outputs (3)

Are infinitival to omission errors primed by prior discourse? The case of WANT constructions (2011)
Journal Article
Kirjavainen, M., & Theakston, A. (2011). Are infinitival to omission errors primed by prior discourse? The case of WANT constructions. Cognitive Linguistics, 22(4), 629-657. https://doi.org/10.1515/COGL.2011.024

This paper examines the suggestion that infinitival to omission errors in English-speaking children can result from competition between two constructions (Kirjavainen et al. 2009a). Kirjavainen et al. suggested that the acquisition of two (or more) c... Read More about Are infinitival to omission errors primed by prior discourse? The case of WANT constructions.

Investigating the contribution of procedural and declarative memory to the acquisition of past tense morphology: Evidence from Finnish (2011)
Journal Article
Kidd, E., & Kirjavainen, M. (2011). Investigating the contribution of procedural and declarative memory to the acquisition of past tense morphology: Evidence from Finnish. Language and Cognitive Processes, 26(4-6), 794-829. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2010.493735

The present paper reports on a study that investigated the role of procedural and declarative memory in the acquisition of Finnish past tense morphology. Two competing models were tested. Ullman's (2004) declarative/procedural model predicts that pro... Read More about Investigating the contribution of procedural and declarative memory to the acquisition of past tense morphology: Evidence from Finnish.

The acquisition of relative clauses in Finnish; the effect of input (2011)
Book Chapter
Kirjavainen, M., & Lieven, E. (2011). The acquisition of relative clauses in Finnish; the effect of input. In E. Kidd (Ed.), Acquisition of Relative Clauses: Processing, Typology, and Function (107-139). John Benjamins

Little research has been conducted to date investigating Finnish children’s relative clause acquisition. We report a study on the emergence of these structures in one Finnish speaking child’s corpus between the ages of 1;7 – 3;6. The study focuses on... Read More about The acquisition of relative clauses in Finnish; the effect of input.