Input Effects on the Acquisition of a Novel Phrasal Construction in 5 Year Olds

Autor/inn/en	Wonnacott, Elizabeth; Boyd, Jeremy K.; Thomson, Jennifer; Goldberg, Adele E.
Titel	Input Effects on the Acquisition of a Novel Phrasal Construction in 5 Year Olds
Quelle	In: Journal of Memory and Language, 66 (2012) 3, S.458-478 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0749-596X
DOI	10.1016/j.jml.2011.11.004
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Generalization; Linguistic Input; Verbs; Phrase Structure; Language Acquisition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Sprachbildung; Phrasenstruktur; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb
Abstract	The present experiments demonstrate that children as young as five years old (M = 5:2) generalize beyond their input on the basis of minimal exposure to a novel argument structure construction. The novel construction that was used involved a non-English phrasal pattern: VN[subscript 1]N[subscript 2], paired with a novel abstract meaning: N[subscript 2] approaches N[subscript 1]. At the same time, we find that children are keenly sensitive to the input: they show knowledge of the construction after a single day of exposure but this grows stronger after 3 days; also, children generalize more readily to new verbs when the input contains more than one verb. (Contains 6 figures and 14 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10