Heike Behrens

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1998

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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology(Current)

University of Basel

Max Planck Society

Heike Behrens is an author at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology specializing in language learning, linguistics, and language acquisition.

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LanguageLinguisticsLanguage LearningLanguage AcquisitionGrammarPsycholinguisticsSyntaxCognitive ScienceSecond Language AcquisitionApplied Linguistics

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1998–2021

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Early syntactic creativity: a usage-based approach

Elena Lieven, Heike Behrens, JENNIFER SPEARES et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2003 · 529 citations

Neurolinguistics, Atypical Language Development, Syntactic Creativity +22

Usage-based and emergentist approaches to language acquisition

Heike Behrens · Linguistics · 2009 · 319 citations

Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Development +21

How Known Constructions Influence the Acquisition of Other Constructions: The German Passive and Future Constructions

Kirsten Abbot‐Smith, Heike Behrens · Cognitive Science · 2006 · 228 citations · Full text

Neurolinguistics, Prior Acquisition, Psycholinguistics +22

The input–output relationship in first language acquisition

Heike Behrens · Language and Cognitive Processes · 2005 · 208 citations

Second Language Learning, Language Development, Psycholinguistics +20

How difficult are complex verbs? Evidence from German, Dutch and English

Heike Behrens · Linguistics · 1998 · 51 citations

Psycholinguistics, Lexical Semantics, Semantics +16

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