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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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de Zubicaray, Greig I.; Hansen, Samuel; McMahon, Katie L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2013
Studies of semantic context effects in spoken word production have typically distinguished between categorical (or taxonomic) and associative relations. However, associates tend to confound semantic features or morphological representations, such as whole-part relations and compounds (e.g., BOAT-anchor, BEE-hive). Using a picture-word interference…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Semantics, Classification, Interference (Learning)