Early Acquisition of Plural Morphology in a Classifier Language: Data from Korean 2-4 Year Olds

Autor/inn/en	Ahn, Dorothy; Snedeker, Jesse
Titel	Early Acquisition of Plural Morphology in a Classifier Language: Data from Korean 2-4 Year Olds
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 18 (2022) 1, S.1-15 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2021.1922280
Schlagwörter	Morphology (Languages); Korean; Nouns; Toddlers; Language Acquisition; Morphemes; Native Speakers; Foreign Countries; Pictorial Stimuli; Objective Tests; Adults; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphology; Morphologie; Koreanisch; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Morphem; Muttersprachler; Ausland; Fantasieanregung; Objektiver Test; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Korean is a classifier language in which bare nouns are not obligatorily number-marked. Children learning other classifier languages like Japanese and Mandarin are late in learning the plural morpheme. In this paper, we present two datasets that suggest that Korean plural marker "-tul" is acquired much earlier, in contrast to what has been previously claimed. In a comprehension study, we find that Korean children begin acquiring this morpheme by age 3, showing adult-like performance by age 4. We suggest that the higher frequency of plural marking on both types and tokens of nouns and the consistent marking of plural in the domain of definite nouns may facilitate Korean plural acquisition. (As Provided).
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