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Input-Output Relations in Hebrew Verb Acquisition at the Morpho-lexical Interface
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Ashkenazi, Orit; Gillis, Steven; Ravid, Dorit – Journal of Child Language, 2020
This study examined early Hebrew verb acquisition, highlighting CDS-CS relations across inflectional and derivational verb learning. It was carried out on a corpus of longitudinal dense dyadic interactions of two Hebrew-speaking toddlers aged 1;8-2;2 and their parents. Findings revealed correlated patterns within and between CDS and CS corpora in…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Grammar
Breaking into the Hebrew Verb System: A Learning Problem
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Ashkenazi, Orit; Ravid, Dorit; Gillis, Steven – First Language, 2016
Verb learning is an important part of linguistic acquisition. The present study examines the early phases of verb acquisition in Hebrew, a language with complex derivational and inflectional verb morphology, analyzing verbs in dense recordings of CDS and CS of two Hebrew-speaking parent-child dyads aged 1;8-2;2. The goal was to pinpoint those cues…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semitic Languages, Language Acquisition, Parents
Consonant Inventories in the Spontaneous Speech of Young Children: A Bootstrapping Procedure
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Van Severen, Lieve; Van Den Berg, Renate; Molemans, Inge; Gillis, Steven – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
Consonant inventories are commonly drawn to assess the phonological acquisition of toddlers. However, the spontaneous speech data that are analysed often vary substantially in size and composition. Consequently, comparisons between children and across studies are fundamentally hampered. This study aims to examine the effect of sample size on the…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Toddlers, Indo European Languages, Speech
The Relation between Order of Acquisition, Segmental Frequency and Function: The Case of Word-Initial Consonants in Dutch
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van Severen, Lieve; Gillis, Joris J. M.; Molemans, Inge; van den Berg, Renate; De Maeyer, Sven; Gillis, Steven – Journal of Child Language, 2013
The impact of input frequency (IF) and functional load (FL) of segments in the ambient language on the acquisition order of word-initial consonants is investigated. Several definitions of IF/FL are compared and implemented. The impact of IF/FL and their components are computed using a longitudinal corpus of interactions between thirty…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics
Fillers as Signs of Distributional Learning
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Taelman, Helena; Durieux, Gert; Gillis, Steven – Journal of Child Language, 2009
A longitudinal analysis is presented of the fillers of a Dutch-speaking child between 1;10 and 2;7. Our analysis corroborates familiar regularities reported in the literature: most fillers resemble articles in shape and distribution, and are affected by rhythmic and positional constraints. A novel finding is the impact of the lexical environment:…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Indo European Languages, Longitudinal Studies, Child Language
Genetic Predisposition and Sensory Experience in Language Development: Evidence from Cochlear-Implanted Children
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Coene, Martine; Schauwers, Karen; Gillis, Steven; Rooryck, Johan; Govaerts, Paul J. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2011
Recent neurobiological studies have advanced the hypothesis that language development is not continuously plastic but is governed by biological constraints that may be modified by experience within a particular time window. This hypothesis is tested based on spontaneous speech data from deaf cochlear-implanted (CI) children with access to…
Descriptors: Genetics, Speech, Form Classes (Languages), Sensory Experience