About the project
The project investigates the acquisition of consonant length, phonation and consonant clusters in English and Norwegian children aged between 2and 6 years – these are areas where English and Norwegian differ in subtle, but interesting ways. The results from this study will contribute theoretical insights in the relationship between nature and nurture, as well as yield a baseline for the next step: acquisition of these elements in bilingual English-Norwegian children.
Duration
2013–2015
Financing
British Academy and Leverhulme Small Research Grant SG122210
Collaboration
K. E. Kristoffersen, ILN, Universitetet i Oslo; Inger Moen, MultiLing, ILN, Universitetet i Oslo, Nina Gram Garmann, HiAO; Elinor Payne, Oxford University; Brechtje Post, Cambridge University.