CRC 1646

C04: On the role of linguistic creativity in the language use of mono- and multilingual children with vs without developmental language disorders

By investigating different groups of four to five-year-old children, C04 addresses individual-level linguistic creativity in word formation. It takes a comparative approach, contrasting the creative forms produced by mono- vs. multilingual children with typical vs. impaired language development at the verbal and non-verbal level when coping with lexical gaps. An additional focus will be on the influence of cognition and temperament, emotional and situational constraints. Project C04 will model creativity as a part of the individual learning    process and the developing mental lexicon, aiming to focus on dialogues, thus revealing how creative naming strategies foster understanding.