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Carr, Philip – Language Sciences, 2007
I examine some of the issues connected with the internalist/externalist distinction in work on the ontology of language. I note that Chomskyan radical internalism necessarily leads to a passive conception of child language acquisition. I reject that passive conception, and support current versions of constructivism [Tomasello, M., 2001. "The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Phonology, Semantics, Child Language
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Oetting, Janna B.; Garrity, April Wimberly – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study examined whether child speakers of Southern African American English (SAAE) and Southern White English (SWE) who were also perceived by some listeners to present a Cajun/Creole English (CE) influence within their dialects produced elevated rates of 6 phonological and 5 morphological patterns of vernacular relative to other…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Variation, Child Language, Ethnicity