Klaus Laalo

List of John Benjamins publications for which Klaus Laalo plays a role.

Articles

Laalo, Klaus 2021 Chapter 10. Derivation in Finnish child speech and child-directed speechThe Acquisition of Derivational Morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective, Mattes, Veronika, Sabine Sommer-Lolei, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 237–262 | Chapter
This chapter examines the early phases of the acquisition of Finnish derivational morphology: what kind of derivational types are used in early child speech and child-directed speech? Which types emerge first and why these types? The analysis is based on recorded and transcribed material of two… read more
The paper examines how children quote their parents’ utterances. In other words, it investigates linguistic recycling as an aspect of language learning and how the child-directed speech (CDS) of adults influences child speech (CS). This topic is examined especially in the light of research made… read more
Laalo, Klaus 2017 Chapter 8. Acquisition of compound nouns in FinnishNominal Compound Acquisition, Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch (eds.), pp. 191–207 | Chapter
This study first presents a general overview of compounding in Finnish and analyzes the compounds in child speech and child-directed speech in the recordings of two Finnish-speaking children from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. The development of compound production is compared with… read more
Laalo, Klaus 2007 10. Diminutives in Finnish child-directed and child speechThe Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 263–278 | Chapter
There are various means to form diminutives in Finnish, for example regular suffixation (e.g. isä ‘father’ + i > isi ‘daddy’) and modification of the stem possibly combined with suffixation (e.g. kissa ‘cat’ > kisu ‘pussycat’, maha ‘stomach’ > masu ‘tummy’). The article first deals with the… read more