The acquisition of the Estonian conditional in child language Cover Image

Konditsionaali omandamisest eesti lapsekeeles
The acquisition of the Estonian conditional in child language

Author(s): Tiia Tulviste, Pirkko Tõugu, Renate Pajusalu , Maigi Vija
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
Keywords: first language acquisition; verb morphology; the conditional mood; constructions; Estonian

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the acquisition of the Estonian conditional in child language. The data comes from two small corpora: the CHILDES corpus of Andreas (age 1;7–3;1) and his parents and the corpus of children’s (age 3–5) conversations during play in groups of three.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 141-155
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Estonian