A model for L1 grammatical attrition

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11655904
AutoresGlyn Hicks (0000-0003-4126-8655, University of Southampton, autor de correspondencia), Laura Dominguez (0000-0003-2701-2469, University of Southampton)
Año2019
Volumen36
Número2
Páginas143-165
Fecha de publicación2019-07-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658319862011
OpenAlexW2966794162
IdiomaIT
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas48

This article proposes a formal model of the human language faculty that accommodates the possibility of ‘attrition’ (modification or loss) of morphosyntactic properties in a first language. Modeling L1 grammatical attrition entails a quite fundamental paradox: if the structure of the language faculty in principle allows for attrition of morphosyntax, why is it apparently so heavily constrained and rarely attested? We demonstrate that the attrition paradox can be resolved with a model that integrates a formally explicit generative grammar (eschewing classical parameters in favor of functional feature assemblies; see Chomsky, 2000, 2001) into a generalized model of language acquisition that decouples linguistic input from acquisitional intake (following Lidz and Gagliardi, 2015). This implementation makes specific predictions about the input and intake conditions that favor and disfavor L1 attrition. We explore these predictions for one of the most widely studied areas of attrition, namely the realization of pronominals

Attrition · Feature (linguistics · Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Realization (probability · Theoretical linguistics · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence