Discusses allomorphic relationships, easily stated phonologically, but obscured when not stated as morpholexical rules. Rules belonging to the phonological component sometimes must be regarded as lexical redundancy rules that capture generalizations about morphological selection. (CB)

In a study of the use of grammatical morphemes by 10 hearing-impaired children (5-15 years old) and 10 normal-hearing children matched on the basis of mean length of utterance, results revealed no significant differences in correct grammatical morphemes used and identical order of acquisition for both groups. (Author/CL)

The articulation in recent years of Optimality Theory (OT) has paved the way for a reanalysis of linguistic phenomena that were previously accounted for by derivational theories through various modes of rule interaction. The theory has been shown to offer insightful accounts of various processes involving segmental and prosodic structure and has…

Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (RS)

Eight articulation disordered kindergarten children and eight normally speaking children were taught an artificial morphophonemic rule. Results revealed essentially no differences in the way the two groups learned the stop class. In contrast, the disordered children incorporated fricatives into the rule more quickly and responded with more…

This research investigated the possibility that there exists in Russian, as in other languages, a certain order of acquisition of grammatical morphemes that is relatively stable across individuals and which is immune to methods of instruction, textbooks, teachers, and other circumstances surrounding the learning of Russian. (Author)

Reports priming experiments that examined production of inflected forms. Participants produced words out of small sets in response to prompts. Results are interpreted in terms of a slot-and-filler model of word production in which inflectional frames on one hand and stems and affixes on the other are independently spelled out on the basis of an…

Looks at the link between children's understanding of a morphemically-based orthographic rule and their awareness of morphemic distinctions. Questions the orthographic rule of using the apostrophe to denote possession in English. Concludes that different forms of linguistic awareness affect different aspects of reading and spelling. (SC)

Suggests that teachers can take advantage of children's interest in the Pokemon game to teach worthwhile lessons about how words are developed. Shows how, by analyzing Pokemon names, kids can learn the linguistic concept of morphology. (SR)

Argues that a number of grammatical morphemes in Korean and Japanese are cognate and reflect two alternating copula roots: proto-Korean-Japanese t- ~ n-. (Author/VWL)

This study examines knowledge of a constraint on the form of synthetic noun-noun compounds in a group of 12 children and adolescents with Williams syndrome (WS; age 8-16 years). The constraint blocks regular plurals from appearing inside compounds (e.g., ferrets breeder) while allowing irregular plurals in the same environment (e.g., mice…

Language sample analysis measures have long been promoted as exhibiting greater ecological validity than formal testing in the assessment of language disorder in children. In practice, their use is often restricted to preschool children, owing to lack of normative information, as well as criticisms of the validity of commonly used measures for the…

The spelling of words in English is governed in part by the morphemes that make them up. This study examines the strength of children's knowledge of the role of root morphemes in spelling, specifically focusing on whether it can withstand interference by phonological changes. A total of 75 children between seven and nine years of age were given…