Acquisition of German pluralization rules in monolingual and multilingual children

Zaretsky, E. V.; Lange, Benjamin P.; Euler, Harald Α.; Neumann, Katrin

doi:10.14746/ssllt.2013.3.4.6

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“…(4) Consonant as final sound (e.g., Bild ‘picture’) requires - e more often than any other plural marker. As was demonstrated in Zaretsky et al (2013b), linguistically more proficient children tended to follow these regularities, while less proficient children disregarded regularity (4), the most complicated one, and overgeneralized the most frequent German plural allomorph -(e)n instead. Regularity (3) refers to the so-called schwa deletion rule which prohibits the use of the schwa in two consecutive syllables; hence overgeneralizations like Vogeln ‘birds’, but not Vogelen .…”

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“…Regularity (3) refers to the so-called schwa deletion rule which prohibits the use of the schwa in two consecutive syllables; hence overgeneralizations like Vogeln ‘birds’, but not Vogelen . According to our test data, this rule, to which no exception exists in adult language, is strictly followed even by the linguistically weakest children and is almost never violated (Zaretsky et al, 2013b).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Children were classified as BM and MO because BM from the database used here had been shown to score significantly lower than MO in language tests (Zaretsky et al, 2014). Among 893 children tested with MSS b , 446 were MO (50%) and 447 BM (50%).…”

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“…However, these 20% referred to only two children out of ten. In one of our databases (4,280 four-year-old monolingual Germans tested with a modified version of the speech and language screening Marburger Sprachscreening ), more than two-thirds of the children produced this particular plural form correctly (Zaretsky, Euler, Neumann, & Lange, 2014).…”

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Several models of regularities behind plural overgeneralization patterns of four-year-old monolingual Germans and bi-/multilingual children acquiring German were empirically examined within the framework of single- and dual-route models. The factors taken into account were frequency, cue validity, productivity, and iconicity of plural allomorphs. In this large-scale cross-sectional study, the results of 893 children tested with a modified, validated version of the speech and language screeningMSSand of 476 children tested with a validated language testSETK 3-5were analyzed. For all overgeneralization models, paired groups of expected and not expected answers were compared in the Wilcoxon test. At the early stages of plural acquisition the frequency of plural allomorphs and the simplest phonetic–phonologically based regularities seem to be the crucial factors recognized by children acquiring German. Gender-based plural allomorph frequency was associated with advanced German skills. These findings support the single-route theory with its emphasis on the influence of input characteristics on children’s error patterns. No evidence was found for a default status of -sor any other plural marker, and hence for the dual-route theory.

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“…In den Studien von Zaretsky et al (2013a;2013b;2014) wurde dieselbe Stichprobe untersucht wie in der hier präsentierten Arbeit. Wie diese Studien zeigten, lassen sich in den Fehlermustern von Migrantenkindern, am Beispiel des Pluralgebrauchs objektiviert, kaum Unterschiede finden, die man in Zusammenhang mit dem Einfluss der Muttersprachen bringen könnte.…”

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2015

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In this study, some extralinguistic factors were examined which might influence the language acquisition process in Italian and other immigrant preschool children acquiring German as their second or third language. The following methods of the language assessment were utilized: (a) a modified, validated version of language test Marburger Sprachscreening and (b) a classification of children as needing or not needing additional educational support in learning German. Italians scored significantly higher on vocabulary and grammar than other immigrant children. This can be attributed to the fact that Italians attended German nursery schools and played with German children after the daycare center time significantly more often than other immigrants. Immigrant groups with the most advanced German skills were English speaking children and Greeks. Linguistically weakest groups were Turks and Arabs. For these groups, dependence of the language acquisition process on extralinguistic factors was also shown.

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Sex differences in language competence of 4-year-old children: Female advantages are mediated by phonological short-term memory

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2021

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For some time now, psycholinguistic research has involved the study of sex differences in language development. Overall, girls seem to have an early advantage over boys, mainly in regard to vocabulary, which appears to decrease and, eventually, vanish with age. While there are numerous studies on sex differences in the acquisition of vocabulary as well as grammar, early sex differences in phonological short-term memory (PSTM) have been mostly neglected, or if research was conducted, it resulted in null findings, for the most part. In the present study, we examined sex differences in language competence (in a wide array of linguistic domains) of German children 4 years of age. Several tests were administered to assess articulation, vocabulary, grammar, speech comprehension, and, most importantly, PSTM (by means of the repetition of non-words and sentences). Girls performed better than boys in all domains, although some effect sizes were small. Most importantly, we found evidence for a female advantage in PSTM performance. Furthermore, mediation analyses revealed that the obtained sex differences in articulation, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension were partially or fully mediated by (sex differences in) PSTM.

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Acquisition of German pluralization rules in monolingual and multilingual children

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Factors considered and ignored in plural acquisition: Frequency rules?

Factors considered and ignored in plural acquisition: Frequency rules?

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Sex differences in language competence of 4-year-old children: Female advantages are mediated by phonological short-term memory

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