scholarly journals The Morphosyntactic Interface of Determiner Phrases

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 360-366
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Klassen ◽  
John W. Schwieter
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
Morphosyntactic Interface

Gender assignment strategies and L1 effects in the elicited production of mixed Spanish-Basque DPs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Munarriz-Ibarrola ◽  
Maria-José Ezeizabarrena ◽  
Varun DC Arrazola ◽  
M. Carmen Parafita Couto
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Gender Assignment ◽  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
Languages In Contact ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract This paper investigates the strategies involved in gender assignment in Spanish-Basque mixed Determiner Phrases (DPs) with a gendered Spanish determiner (el M /la F) and a Basque ungendered noun. Previous studies on Spanish-Basque mixed DPs have revealed conflicting results regarding the determining factor affecting gender assignment, namely, phonological ending vs. analogical gender. We designed a forced-switch elicitation task in order to elicit mixed DPs with a Spanish determiner and a Basque noun (controlled for both phonological vs. analogical cues). Thirty highly proficient Spanish-Basque bilinguals with different profiles and socio­linguistic backgrounds participated in the study. Three cues were significant in the selection of the Spanish M/F determiner: the analogical gender and two phonological cues, the word ending and the root ending of the Basque noun. Further statistical analyses revealed participants’ L1 as a strong factor in the variability attested: bilinguals with Spanish as (one of) their L1(s) rely predominantly on the analogical criterion, whereas speakers with only Basque as L1 follow mainly the phonological criterion. Overall, this study provides an explanation for the previous conflicting results and highlights the fact that bilinguals may use different strategies depending on their bilingual profile and the morpho-phonological properties of the languages in contact.

Focusing the “right” way in Romance determiner phrases

Probus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy B Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals Children’s Use of Vernacular Functions of 'like' in Peer Conversation

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Christopher Odato
Keyword(s):  
Determiner Phrases ◽  
Early Acquisition ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Discourse Particle ◽  
Peer Conversation

Much recent research describes the ongoing development of 'like' as a discourse particle and in the 'BE+like' quotative construction. Comparatively little is known about how speakers acquire this variable. This study examines children’s (ages 3-6 and 10) use of like to better understand how it is incorporated into maturing grammars. There is evidence for early acquisition of discourse 'like', most frequently as a discourse particle adjoined to determiner phrases. Also, children’s discourse 'like' tokens occurred more frequently with the verb BE, and quotative tokens more frequently without BE, than adults’, suggesting a weaker distinction between the discourse and quotative functions.

scholarly journals Processing Mandarin Tone 3 Sandhi at the Morphosyntactic Interface: Reduplication and Lexical Compounds

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feier Gao ◽  
Siqi Lyu ◽  
Chien-Jer Charles Lin
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Mental Lexicon ◽  
Sentential Context ◽  
Low Tone ◽  
High Level ◽  
Morphosyntactic Interface ◽  
Whole Word ◽  
Mandarin Tone ◽  
Level Tone

Mandarin tone 3 sandhi is a phonological alternation in which the initial tone 3 (i.e., low tone) syllable changes to a tone 2 (i.e., rising tone) when followed by another tone 3. The present study used a cross-modal syllable-morpheme matching experiment to examine how native speakers process the sandhi sequences derived from verb reduplication and compounding, respectively. Embedded in a visually-presented sentential context, a disyllabic sequence containing a sandhi target was displayed simultaneously with a monosyllabic audio, either a tone 1 (i.e., high-level tone), tone 2 (i.e., rising tone) or tone 3 (i.e., low tone), and participants judged whether the audio syllable matched the visual morpheme. Results showed that the tone 3 sandhi was processed differently in the two constructions. The underlying tone and the surface tone were co-activated and competed with each other in sandhi compounds whereas predominant activation of the underlying tone, over the surface tone, was observed in reduplication. The processing of tone 3 sandhi offers support for distinctive morphological structures: a lexical compound is represented both as a whole-word unit and as a combination of two individual morphemes whereas a verb reduplication is represented and accessed as a monomorphemic unit in the mental lexicon.

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