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| Title: |
The Acquisition of Inflection: A Parameter-Setting Approach |
| Author: |
Hyams, Nina |
| Appeared in: |
Language acquisition |
| Paging: | Volume 15 (2008) nr. 3 pages 192-209 |
| Year: |
2008-07 |
| Contents: |
First written in 1986, prior to the many findings concerning the optionality of finiteness and the root infinitive phenomenon, this article attempts to extend the parameter-setting model of grammatical development to the acquisition of inflectional morphology. I propose that the Stem Parameter, which states that a stem is/is not a well-formed word in the language, is set early, and that a positive vs. negative setting directly affects the timing and manner in which children acquire inflectional morphemes. Related to this, I propose that the distinction between core and peripheral grammar (Chomsky (1981)) provides a complexity metric for grammatical development. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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