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Clark, Eve V. 1982. The young word maker: A case study of innovation in the child's lexicon. In Wanner, Eric and Lila R. Gleitman, eds. Language acquisition: The state of the art. Cambridge University Press. pp. 390–425.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

creativity in L1-acquisition | denominal verb, L1-acquisition of | lexical innovation, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

The coining of innovative denominal verbs is studied as one aspect of the lexical creativity which is common in children's speech. C. asks why new words are created (a question which is answered with reference to the communicative function of language) and how children do it.