The relation between linguistic analogies and lexical categories

Lou Ann Gerken; Rachel Wilson; Rebecca Gómez; Erika Nurmsoo

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547548.003.0005

The relation between linguistic analogies and lexical categories

Lou Ann Gerken, Rachel Wilson, Rebecca Gómez, Erika Nurmsoo

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Abstract

This chapter examines evidence that adults and infants can learn protocategories through morphological paradigms in which a subset of the categories are double-marked. It is possible that the requirement for double-marking of categories provides evidence for analogy as a category learning mechanism. Experimental results allow for a refinement of factors contributing to 'good analogies'. These refinements, in turn, may lead to advances in the understanding of syntactic category acquisition.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Analogy in Grammar
Subtitle of host publication	Form and Acquisition
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191720628
ISBN (Print)	9780199547548
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547548.003.0005
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

Keywords

Analogy
Language acquisition
Morpho-syntax
Psycholinguistics
Syntactic category acquisition

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General Arts and Humanities

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