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Is what we have acquired early, less vulnerable to variation? A comparison between data from dialectlexicography and data from first language acquisition. ICDG Vienna 2012. Cognition , Acquisition and Variation Tool (CLARIN). Leonie Cornips – Maastricht University
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Is what we have acquired early, less vulnerable to variation? A comparison between data from dialectlexicography and data from first language acquisition ICDG Vienna 2012
Cognition, Acquisition and Variation Tool (CLARIN) Leonie Cornips – Maastricht University Jos Swanenberg – Tilburg University Folkert de Vriend – MeertensInstitute Wilbert Heeringa – Groningen University The Netherlands
Topics & approach • The diversity of lexicalvariation • The acquisition of lexical items • Corpus-basedapproach -> Tools
The origin and diversification of language (Swadesh 1971: 283) • German Dutch English Frisian Swedish • Sonne zon sunsinne sol • Wein wijn winewyn vin • Nase neus nose noas näsa • Fischvis fish fiskfisk • Vatervader father heit fader • Rose roos rose roasros • rot rood red read röd
LexicalVariation (WBD) • CONCEPT GUIRAUD SEM. Relation • ‘bird’ vogel0.44 hyperonym • ‘blackbird’ merel0.64 hyponym • ‘owl’uil0.7 hyponym • ‘sparrow’mus2.16 hyponym • ‘titmouse’ mees4.01 hyponym
Acquisition (CHILDES) • LEXICAL ITEM DAY#1 FREQ. • ‘bird’ vogel 641 81 • ‘owl’uil680 11 • ‘blackbird’ merel909 5 • ‘sparrow’mus821 4 • ‘titmouse’ mees869 1
COAVA Tool • Dialectlexicography: • Measures of lexicalvariation • Maps of lexicalvariation • CHILDES: • Time and • Frequency of production
Type Token Ratio A AA < A B C A AA D E F A AA G H I Heterogeneity (SID) A B C < A A B B C A A B B C A B C CC
Entropy A A B < A AA A B B A A B C CC A B C VAR = TTR * SID * ETP