Semantic bias and morphological regularity in the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3987436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasuhiro Shirai (0000-0001-9187-2733, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling.2010.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2018894465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 57 |
This article reviews research on English past-tense acquisition to test the validity of the single mechanism model and the dual mechanism model, focusing on regular-irregular dissociation and semantic bias. Based on the review, it is suggested that in L1 acquisition, both regular and irregular verbs are governed by semantics; that is, early use of past tense forms are largely restricted to achievement verbs — regular or irregular. In contrast, some L2 acquisition studies show stronger semantic bias for regular past tense forms (Housen, The development of tense-aspect in English as a second language and the variable influence of inherent aspect, John Benjamins, 2002). It is argued that L1 acquisition of the past-tense morphology can be accounted for adequately — without assuming dual mechanisms — by relying on connectionist-like input-based prototype formation as a mechanism for the development of tense-aspect morphology
Connectionism · Contrast (vision) · Dissociation (chemistry) · Dual (grammatical number) · Linguistics · Mechanism (biology) · Morpheme · Morphology (biology) · Natural language processing · Past tense · Semantics (computer science) · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Philosophy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
The units of language acquisition
The Acquisition of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
The Acquisition of Aspect and Modality
A First Language
Time, tense and aspect
On language and connectionism
Regular morphology and the lexicon
Overregularization in Language Acquisition
Do young children have adult syntactic competence?
The acquisition of regular and irregular past tense forms
The Acquisition of Noun and Verb Inflections
On The Language Instinct
On the overgeneralization of progressive marking on stative verbs
The Aspect Hypothesis Revisited
The development of past tense verbal morphology in classroom L2 Spanish
The child language data exchange system
Notes and Discussion Is Regularization Determined by Semantics, or Grammar, or Both? Comments on Kim, Marcus, Pinker, Hollander & Coppola (1994)
Why do children fail to overgeneralize the progressive inflection
On the developmental contour of child language
Interaction of lexical and grammatical aspect in toddlers' language
How children talk about what happened
The defective tense hypothesis
More on children's initial failures to relate specific acquisitions
Aspectual influences on early tense comprehension
The role of Aktionsart in the acquisition of Russian aspect
The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect in Chinese
The role of input vs. universal predispositions in the emergence of tense-aspect morphology
On the overgeneralization of progressive marking on stative verbs
Introduction
Aspects of the roots of language
From rote learning to system building
Regular and Irregular Morphology and the Psychological Status of Rules of Grammar
Verbs and Times
Patterns in the mind
Prefabricated Patterns and the Emergence of Structure in Second Language Acquisition1
Words and rules
The aspect hypothesis and the emergence of tense distinctions in naturalistic L2 acquisition
Language Learning Strategies
Semantics of Verbs and the Development of Verb Inflection in Child Language
A Positron Emission Tomographic Study of Regular and Irregular Verb Morphology in English
The Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |