Positional Neutralization: A Case Study from Child LanguageLanguage - Tập 83 Số 4 - Trang 707-736 - 2007
Sharon Inkelas, Yvan Rose
A new longitudinal diary study of a child (E) learning American English reveals two patterns of segmental neutralization: velar fronting, in which /k/ and /g/ are realized as [t] and [d], and lateral gliding, in which /l/ is realized as [j]. Both phenomena are restricted to prosodically strong positions, affecting only consonants in word-initial position or in the onsets of ...... hiện toàn bộ
IdiomsLanguage - Tập 70 Số 3 - Trang 491 - 1994
Geoffrey Nunberg, Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow
From Usage to Grammar: The Mind's Response to RepetitionLanguage - Tập 82 Số 4 - Trang 711-733 - 2006
Joan Bybee
A usage-based view takes grammar to be the cognitive organization of one's experience with language. Aspects of that experience, for instance, the frequency of use of certain constructions or particular instances of constructions, have an impact on representation that is evidenced in speaker knowledge of conventionalized phrases and in language variation and change. It is sh...... hiện toàn bộ
Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-NyunganLanguage - Tập 88 Số 4 - Trang 817-845 - 2012
Claire Bowern, Quentin D. Atkinson
We present the first proposal of detailed internal subgrouping and higher-order structure of the Pama-Nyungan family of Australian languages. Previous work has identified more than twenty-five primary subgroups in the family, with little indication of how these groups might fit together. Some work has assumed that reconstruction of higher nodes in the tree was impossible,...... hiện toàn bộ