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Wijnen, Frank; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1994
Polysyllabic words from 2 Dutch children from 1;6 to 2;11 were truncated so that they fitted a trochaic (strong-weak SW) pattern, particularly in early samples. Some observations with respect to the (non)realization of determiners suggest an influence of a SW-constraint on the realization of noun phrases. Findings support the hypothesis that words…
Descriptors: Child Language, Determiners (Languages), Dutch, Language Acquisition