Selective effects of age of acquisition on morphological priming
- Is there an ideal time window for language acquisition after which nativelike
representation and processing are unattainable? Although this question has
been heavily debated, no consensus has been reached. Here, we present
evidence for a sensitive period in language development and show that it is
specific to grammar. We conducted a masked priming task with a group of
Turkish-German bilinguals and examined age of acquisition (AoA) effects on
the processing of complex words. We compared a subtle but meaningful
linguistic contrast, that between grammatical inflection and lexical-based
derivation. The results showed a highly selective AoA effect on inflectional
(but not derivational) priming. In addition, the effect displayed a discontinuity
indicative of a sensitive period: Priming from inflected forms was nativelike
when acquisition started before the age of 5 but declined with increasing
AoA. We conclude that the acquisition of morphological rules expressing
morphosyntactic properties is constrained by maturationalIs there an ideal time window for language acquisition after which nativelike
representation and processing are unattainable? Although this question has
been heavily debated, no consensus has been reached. Here, we present
evidence for a sensitive period in language development and show that it is
specific to grammar. We conducted a masked priming task with a group of
Turkish-German bilinguals and examined age of acquisition (AoA) effects on
the processing of complex words. We compared a subtle but meaningful
linguistic contrast, that between grammatical inflection and lexical-based
derivation. The results showed a highly selective AoA effect on inflectional
(but not derivational) priming. In addition, the effect displayed a discontinuity
indicative of a sensitive period: Priming from inflected forms was nativelike
when acquisition started before the age of 5 but declined with increasing
AoA. We conclude that the acquisition of morphological rules expressing
morphosyntactic properties is constrained by maturational factors.…
Verfasserangaben: | Joao Marques VeríssimoORCiDGND, Vera HeyerGND, Gunnar JacobORCiD, Harald ClahsenORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412611 |
ISSN: | 1866-8364 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Deutsch): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Untertitel (Englisch): | evidence for a sensitive period |
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (486) |
Publikationstyp: | Postprint |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 03.12.2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 03.12.2018 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | 2nd langauge; 2nd-language acquisition; english; experience; language-acquisition; maturational constraints; perception; speech; visual word recognition |
Ausgabe: | 486 |
Seitenanzahl: | 13 |
Quelle: | Language Acquisition (2017) DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2017.1346104 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung | |
4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache | |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access |
Fördermittelquelle: | Taylor & Francis Open Access Agreement |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | ![]() |
Externe Anmerkung: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |