Language contact phenomena in multilingual first language acquisition: Theory, data, methods

该网络汇集了从基于使用的角度研究多语言第一语言习得的研究人员。它有两个主要目标：首先，我们要考虑基于使用的方法的理论含义-这主要是基于单语习得的研究-多语言习得，从而完善和潜在的扩展基于使用的语言习得理论。这与网络中讨论的方法论和语料库语言学问题密切相关。因此，该网络的第二个目标是为双语语言习得研究开发丰富的语料库语言资源以及先进的定量分析方法。至于理论目标，该网络旨在解决与多语言学习相关的关键研究问题：基于使用的语言习得方法假设儿童学习他们的语言通过从他们遇到的语言使用的具体实例中抽象出模式。这就提出了一个问题，即哪些模式是真正学到的，来自多种语言的模式在多语言学习过程中如何相互作用，以及这些模式如何与儿童接受的输入相关联。在方法论方面，基于使用的研究的一个关键原则是使用数据驱动的统计方法来识别这些模式。在基于使用的语言习得研究中，已经出现了各种各样的方法，如回溯法和基于语块的学习者法。该网络的方法目标之一是进一步发展和完善这些方法。在三年的时间里，我们希望加强网络成员之间的现有合作，并启动新的合作。该网络成员致力于在不同群体中开展一些合作项目，以应对理论和方法上的挑战，并对多语言习得有更细致的了解。在六次项目会议上，网络成员与来自基于使用的语言学，儿童语言习得研究，多语言和语料库语言学领域的主要研究人员讨论他们的项目：Adele Goldberg教授和博士（普林斯顿大学），Jeanine Treffers-Daller博士教授（阅读大学）、Hans-Jörg Schmid教授博士（慕尼黑）、Özlem Schetinoallu博士（斯图加特）和Brian MacWhinney教授博士（卡内基梅隆大学）。

This network brings together researchers working on multilingual first language acquisition from a usage-based perspective. It has two major goals: firstly, we want to consider the theoretical implications of the usage-based approach – which are largely based on studies of monolingual acquisition – for multilingual acquisition, thus refining and potentially extending the usage-based theory of language acquisition. This is closely related to methodological and corpus-linguistic questions that are discussed in the network. The second goal of the network is therefore to develop rich corpus-linguistic resources for the study of bilingual language acquisition as well as advanced quantitative methods for analyzing them.As for the theoretical goals, the network aims at addressing key research questions pertaining to multilingual language learning: The usage-based approach to language acquisition assumes that children learn their language(s) by abstracting away patterns from the concrete instances of language use they encounter. This raises the question which patterns are actually learnt, how patterns from more than one language interact in the process of multilingual language learning, and how these patterns correlate with the input the children receive. On the methodological side, a key tenet of usage-based research is identifying those patterns using data-driven statistical methods. Various approaches such as the traceback method or the Chunk-Based Learner have been developed in the context of usage-based language acquisition studies. It is one of the methodological goals of the network to further develop and refine these methods. Over the course of three years, we want to intensify existing collaborations between the network members and initiate new ones. The network members commit to pursuing a number of collaborative projects in different groups in order to tackle theoretical and methodological challenges and to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of multilingual language acquisition. At six project meetings, the network members discuss their projects with key researchers from the fields of usage-based linguistics, child language acquisition research, multilingualism, and corpus linguistics: Prof. Dr. Adele Goldberg (Princeton), Prof. Dr. Jeanine Treffers-Daller (Reading University), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmid (Munich), Dr. Özlem Çetinoğlu (Stuttgart) and Prof. Dr. Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University).