IRIS publication 104778491
Polish children's productivity with case marking: the role of regularity, type frequency, and phonological diversity
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TY - JOUR - Dąbrowska, E., ; Szczerbinski, M. - 2006 - Unknown - Journal of Child Language - Polish children's productivity with case marking: the role of regularity, type frequency, and phonological diversity - Published - () - 33 - 3 - 559 - 597 - 57 Polish-speaking children aged from 2;4, to 4;8 and 16 adult controls participated in a nonce-word inflection experiment testing their ability to use the genitive, dative and accusative inflections productively. Results show that this ability develops early: the majority of two-year olds were already productive with all inflections apart from dativeneuter; and the overall performance of the four-year-olds was very similar to that of adults. All age groups were more productive with inflections that apply to large and/or phonologically diverse classes, although class size and token frequency appeared to be more important for younger children (two- and three-year-olds) and phonologicaldiversity for older children and adults. Regularity, on the other hand, was a very poor predictor of productivity. The results support usage-based models of language acquisition and are problematic for the dual mechanism model. - 10.1017/S0305000906007471 DA - 2006/NaN ER -
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@article{V104778491, = {Dąbrowska, E., and Szczerbinski, M.}, = {2006}, = {Unknown}, = {Journal of Child Language}, = {Polish children's productivity with case marking: the role of regularity, type frequency, and phonological diversity}, = {Published}, = {()}, = {33}, = {3}, pages = {559--597}, = {{57 Polish-speaking children aged from 2;4, to 4;8 and 16 adult controls participated in a nonce-word inflection experiment testing their ability to use the genitive, dative and accusative inflections productively. Results show that this ability develops early: the majority of two-year olds were already productive with all inflections apart from dativeneuter; and the overall performance of the four-year-olds was very similar to that of adults. All age groups were more productive with inflections that apply to large and/or phonologically diverse classes, although class size and token frequency appeared to be more important for younger children (two- and three-year-olds) and phonologicaldiversity for older children and adults. Regularity, on the other hand, was a very poor predictor of productivity. The results support usage-based models of language acquisition and are problematic for the dual mechanism model. }}, = {10.1017/S0305000906007471}, source = {IRIS} }
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AUTHORS | Dąbrowska, E., ; Szczerbinski, M. | ||
YEAR | 2006 | ||
MONTH | Unknown | ||
JOURNAL_CODE | Journal of Child Language | ||
TITLE | Polish children's productivity with case marking: the role of regularity, type frequency, and phonological diversity | ||
STATUS | Published | ||
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VOLUME | 33 | ||
ISSUE | 3 | ||
START_PAGE | 559 | ||
END_PAGE | 597 | ||
ABSTRACT | 57 Polish-speaking children aged from 2;4, to 4;8 and 16 adult controls participated in a nonce-word inflection experiment testing their ability to use the genitive, dative and accusative inflections productively. Results show that this ability develops early: the majority of two-year olds were already productive with all inflections apart from dativeneuter; and the overall performance of the four-year-olds was very similar to that of adults. All age groups were more productive with inflections that apply to large and/or phonologically diverse classes, although class size and token frequency appeared to be more important for younger children (two- and three-year-olds) and phonologicaldiversity for older children and adults. Regularity, on the other hand, was a very poor predictor of productivity. The results support usage-based models of language acquisition and are problematic for the dual mechanism model. | ||
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DOI_LINK | 10.1017/S0305000906007471 | ||
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