Alison Henry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Henry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Henry |
| SIGNATURE | HENRY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acquiring language from variable input: Subject-verb agreement and negative concord in Belfast English
Thisi paper considers the impact of morphosyntactic variation in the input on the language acquisition process. In particular, it studies the acquisition of variable subject-verb agreement and variable negative concord by children acquiring the Belfast dialect of English. It finds that, given variation in the input, children can acquire more than one grammatical variant, although both do not necessarily emerge at the same time in the case of nega…
Clitic right dislocation in English: Cross-linguistic influence in multilingual acquisition
Non-standard dialects and linguistic data
Parameter setting within a socially realistic linguistics
This article considers the theoretical and practical relationship between core linguistics and sociolinguistics in relation to the emergence of Principles and Parameters Theory. Parameters were introduced into core Chomskyan linguistics in an effort to account for variation between languages. However, as we argue - and as has long been known in sociolinguistics - languages (French, Italian etc.) are social rather than abstract products. In this s…
Belfast English and Standard English
Belfast English and Standard English: Dialect Variation and Parameter Setting
The study of comparative syntax in closely related languages has yielded valuable insights into syntactic phenomena--for example in the study of the Romance languages--yet little comparative work has been done on English dialects. This is the first comparison of the syntax of Belfast English and Standard English, using Chomsky’s “Principles and Parameters”/Minimalist framework. Alison Henry analyses various Belfast English constructions and their…
Infinitives in a for-to dialect
A grammar of Anaphora
Parameter setting within a socially realistic linguistics
This article considers the theoretical and practical relationship between core linguistics and sociolinguistics in relation to the emergence of Principles and Parameters Theory. Parameters were introduced into core Chomskyan linguistics in an effort to account for variation between languages. However, as we argue - and as has long been known in sociolinguistics - languages (French, Italian etc.) are social rather than abstract products. In this s…
Non-standard dialects and linguistic data
Infinitives in a for-to dialect
Acquiring language from variable input: Subject-verb agreement and negative concord in Belfast English
Thisi paper considers the impact of morphosyntactic variation in the input on the language acquisition process. In particular, it studies the acquisition of variable subject-verb agreement and variable negative concord by children acquiring the Belfast dialect of English. It finds that, given variation in the input, children can acquire more than one grammatical variant, although both do not necessarily emerge at the same time in the case of nega…
A grammar of Anaphora
Infinitives in a for-to dialect
Belfast English and Standard English: Dialect Variation and Parameter Setting
The study of comparative syntax in closely related languages has yielded valuable insights into syntactic phenomena--for example in the study of the Romance languages--yet little comparative work has been done on English dialects. This is the first comparison of the syntax of Belfast English and Standard English, using Chomsky’s “Principles and Parameters”/Minimalist framework. Alison Henry analyses various Belfast English constructions and their…
Belfast English and Standard English
Parameter setting within a socially realistic linguistics
This article considers the theoretical and practical relationship between core linguistics and sociolinguistics in relation to the emergence of Principles and Parameters Theory. Parameters were introduced into core Chomskyan linguistics in an effort to account for variation between languages. However, as we argue - and as has long been known in sociolinguistics - languages (French, Italian etc.) are social rather than abstract products. In this s…
Non-standard dialects and linguistic data
Clitic right dislocation in English: Cross-linguistic influence in multilingual acquisition
Acquiring language from variable input: Subject-verb agreement and negative concord in Belfast English
Thisi paper considers the impact of morphosyntactic variation in the input on the language acquisition process. In particular, it studies the acquisition of variable subject-verb agreement and variable negative concord by children acquiring the Belfast dialect of English. It finds that, given variation in the input, children can acquire more than one grammatical variant, although both do not necessarily emerge at the same time in the case of nega…
Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Natural language processing (3 works)