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Davies, Benjamin; Xu Rattanasone, Nan; Demuth, Katherine – Language Learning and Development, 2020
English-speaking children use plural morphology from around the age of 2, yet often omit the syllabic plural allomorph /-[schwa]z/ until age 5 (e.g., "bus(es)"). It is not clear if this protracted acquisition is due to articulatory difficulties, low input frequency, or fricative-final words (e.g., "bus," "nose") being…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Linguistic Input, Phonology
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Georgiou, Georgios P.; Perfilieva, Natalia V.; Tenizi, Maria – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Previous research has shown that an increased second language (L2) vocabulary size leads to better attunement to the cues required to distinguish L2 contrastive phones. This has been the central tenet of the vocabulary-tuning model (vocab) on the basis of evidence by Japanese learners of English in Australia. We aim to test the validity of the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vowels, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning