Ryan E Henke
Biographic Data
| ID | 1712468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan E Henke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Henke |
| SIGNATURE | HENKE R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0382-7500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Acquiring Relational Verb Inflection in Northern East Cree
This study focuses on the acquisition of typologically distinct inflection in the polysynthetic language Northern East Cree: ‘relational’morphology, which adds a third-person participant to the verb and increases semantic but not syntactic valence. Two studies examine naturalistic video recordings involving one adult and one child (age 3;08–5;11), evaluating predictions for the acquisition of relational inflection based on considerations of frequ…
Frequency, perceptual salience, and semantic complexity
This paper engages longstanding questions regarding how children acquire morphology in polysynthetic languages. It examines the roles of frequency, perceptual salience, and semantic complexity for morphemes in the acquisition of Northern East Cree possessive inflection, where prefixes and suffixes interact to encode possessors. Two studies analyze naturalistic video recordings of one adult and two children. Study 1 describes the frequency, salien…
The acquisition of the passive voice in Northern East Cree
This article analyzes the acquisition of the passive voice in Northern East (NE) Cree and pays particular attention to the interaction of frequency effects and language-specific cues in the way children form and employ expectations, the process of anticipating oncoming structure in the ambient language. The passive has long been of interest in first-language acquisition, and expectations may play a role in the reported challenges acquiring the pa…
Rules and exceptions
Debate around inflectional morphology in language acquisition has contrasted various rule- versus analogy-based approaches. This paper tests the rule-based Tolerance Principle (TP) against a new type of pattern in the acquisition of the possessive suffix - im in Northern East Cree. When possessed, each noun type either requires or disallows the suffix, which has a complex distribution throughout the lexicon. Using naturalistic video data from one…
What about broader impacts for child language acquisition research? A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)
Kidd and Garcia cogently articulate scientific problems related to intellectual merit that are associated with the lack of language diversity in L1 acquisition research. However, science must also consider stakes related to the broader impacts of research. Focusing on Indigenous language communities in North America, I discuss ways that the lack of language coverage causes linguistic science to fall short in making broader impacts in areas such a…
Obviative Demonstratives in Northern East Cree
Child-directed speech (CDS) is an important but under-documented genre within the Indigenous languages of the Americas, and recent work has argued that the documentation of CDS can also provide valuable material for linguistic description. This article analyzes more than 25 hours of video-recorded CDS in Iiyiyiuyimuwin (Northern East Cree) to enrich and expand the analysis of the morphosyntax of obviation, a characteristic feature of Algonquian l…
The development of possession in the L1 acquisition of Northern East Cree
This study presents the first investigation of the development of possessive constructions in Northern East Cree, a polysynthetic language indigenous to Canada. It examines transcripts from naturalistic recording sessions involving one adult and one child, from age 2;01.12 to 3;08.24. Findings reveal that, despite the frequency of possessive inflection in child-directed speech, the child overwhelmingly produces a possessive construction that circ…
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The development of possession in the L1 acquisition of Northern East Cree
This study presents the first investigation of the development of possessive constructions in Northern East Cree, a polysynthetic language indigenous to Canada. It examines transcripts from naturalistic recording sessions involving one adult and one child, from age 2;01.12 to 3;08.24. Findings reveal that, despite the frequency of possessive inflection in child-directed speech, the child overwhelmingly produces a possessive construction that circ…
What about broader impacts for child language acquisition research? A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)
Kidd and Garcia cogently articulate scientific problems related to intellectual merit that are associated with the lack of language diversity in L1 acquisition research. However, science must also consider stakes related to the broader impacts of research. Focusing on Indigenous language communities in North America, I discuss ways that the lack of language coverage causes linguistic science to fall short in making broader impacts in areas such a…
Obviative Demonstratives in Northern East Cree
Child-directed speech (CDS) is an important but under-documented genre within the Indigenous languages of the Americas, and recent work has argued that the documentation of CDS can also provide valuable material for linguistic description. This article analyzes more than 25 hours of video-recorded CDS in Iiyiyiuyimuwin (Northern East Cree) to enrich and expand the analysis of the morphosyntax of obviation, a characteristic feature of Algonquian l…
Rules and exceptions
Debate around inflectional morphology in language acquisition has contrasted various rule- versus analogy-based approaches. This paper tests the rule-based Tolerance Principle (TP) against a new type of pattern in the acquisition of the possessive suffix - im in Northern East Cree. When possessed, each noun type either requires or disallows the suffix, which has a complex distribution throughout the lexicon. Using naturalistic video data from one…
The acquisition of the passive voice in Northern East Cree
This article analyzes the acquisition of the passive voice in Northern East (NE) Cree and pays particular attention to the interaction of frequency effects and language-specific cues in the way children form and employ expectations, the process of anticipating oncoming structure in the ambient language. The passive has long been of interest in first-language acquisition, and expectations may play a role in the reported challenges acquiring the pa…
Frequency, perceptual salience, and semantic complexity
This paper engages longstanding questions regarding how children acquire morphology in polysynthetic languages. It examines the roles of frequency, perceptual salience, and semantic complexity for morphemes in the acquisition of Northern East Cree possessive inflection, where prefixes and suffixes interact to encode possessors. Two studies analyze naturalistic video recordings of one adult and two children. Study 1 describes the frequency, salien…
Acquiring Relational Verb Inflection in Northern East Cree
This study focuses on the acquisition of typologically distinct inflection in the polysynthetic language Northern East Cree: ‘relational’morphology, which adds a third-person participant to the verb and increases semantic but not syntactic valence. Two studies examine naturalistic video recordings involving one adult and one child (age 3;08–5;11), evaluating predictions for the acquisition of relational inflection based on considerations of frequ…
Language Development and Disorders (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Language acquisition (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Inflection (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Possessive (3 works)