Cue-based Acquisition and Information Structure Drift in Diachronic Language Development
Marit Richardsen Westergaard · 2010
Within a model of language acquisition and change which recognizes the importance of cues and so-called ‘micro-cues ’ in the input (e.g. Lightfoot 1999, 2006, Westergaard 2006, 2007), this paper argues that patterns of information structure may be a factor causing word order change. The