A Cue-Based Approach to the Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in Russian

Autor/inn/en	Rodina, Yulia; Westergaard, Marit
Titel	A Cue-Based Approach to the Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in Russian
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 39 (2012) 5, S.1077-1106 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000911000419
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Semantics; Language Acquisition; Cues; Morphology (Languages); Inferences; Nouns; Russian; Form Classes (Languages); Monolingualism; Syntax; Child Language; Linguistic Theory; Grammar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Semantik; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Stichwort; Morphology; Morphologie; Inference; Inferenz; Russisch; Analytischer Sprachbau; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Linguistische Theorie; Grammatik
Abstract	This article discusses the acquisition of gender in Russian, focusing on some exceptional subclasses of nouns that display a mismatch between semantics and morphology. Experimental results from twenty-five Russian-speaking monolinguals (age 2 ; 6-4 ; 0) are presented and, within a cue-based approach to language acquisition, we argue that children rely on certain morphosyntactic micro-cues in the course of acquisition of semantic agreement. A discrepancy is observed in the acquisition of semantic agreement across the different noun classes, and this suggests that children are highly sensitive to fine distinctions in syntax and morphology and use detailed input information to make specific inferences concerning the gender of different noun classes. Furthermore, we argue that acquisition data may provide a more accurate account of how gender assignment proceeds in the mind of a speaker than has been traditionally assumed by gender assignment theories. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10