LINGUIS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter Berko paper: Diminutive, English Plurals, English Phonology
10 Mar 2015
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Research question: do children master morphological rules when they learn the language. Word tested: made up based on words that are most commonly mastered by preschoolers and. Extensions tested: productive allomorphes plurals, possessives, third person singular, past tense; progressive; comparative and superlative; derivational; compound. The children understand the task set forth and take it as being taught new words. Children usually respond to challenging questions with silence or simply repeat the rood word. Could make correct application of [-s] and [-z] Have more trouble when the word ends with [l, n, r] and vowels. Explanation: in actual english words [-s] could appear after these sounds, but. English phonology rules that [-s] would never appear after voiced obsorant. Explanation: mistakenly incorporate [f] into sibilant class because of its phonetic similarity with [s] Not yet master the application of [- z], even though they have this kind of words and their correct plural form in their vocabulary.
