University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Toward a Theory of Gradual Morphosyntactic Learning

Rispoli, Matthew

This item is only available for download by members of the University of Illinois community. Students, faculty, and staff at the U of I may log in with your NetID and password to view the item. If you are trying to access an Illinois-restricted dissertation or thesis, you can request a copy through your library's Inter-Library Loan office or purchase a copy directly from ProQuest.

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/18080

Description

Title
Toward a Theory of Gradual Morphosyntactic Learning
Author(s)
Rispoli, Matthew
Contributor(s)
Hadley, Pamela A.
Issue Date
2011-01-04
Keyword(s)
  • language acquisition
  • child language
  • Psycholinguistics.
Abstract
We characterize the acquisition of tense and agreement as the result of Gradual Morphosyntactic Learning (GML), describing the psycholinguistic underpinnings of GML. We review empirical evidence from several longitudinal studies of typically developing children (Hadley et al., in press; Rispoli, Hadley & Holt, 2009; Rispoli et al., 2010), concluding that an abstract underlying grammatical system influences the acquisition of tense and agreement for most children under the age of three.
Publisher
Benjamins
Series/Report Name or Number
Trends in Language Acquisition
Type of Resource
text
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18080

Owning Collections

Illinois Research and Scholarship (Open Collection) PRIMARY
This is the default collection for all research and scholarship developed by faculty, staff, or students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign