Understanding How and When Morphosyntax is Acquired
Insights from English Allomorphic Variation and Sesotho ‘Optional’ Noun Class Prefixes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21746342 |
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| Authors | Benjamin Davies (0000-0002-9066-098X, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Benjamin Luke Davies (Macquarie University), Katherine Demuth (0000-0003-3884-8886, Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-72 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1547-3341 • E-ISSN: 1547-5441 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15475441.2023.2239791 |
| OpenAlex | W4391608569 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
When acquiring the English plural, children correctly produce plural words long before they develop an understanding of morphological structure. When acquiring Sesotho noun prefixes, children are aware of the multiple constraints governing variation from a young age. Both of these cases raise questions about the Shin and Miller (2022) account of children’s acquisition of morphosyntactic variation
Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Prefix · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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