The acquisition of irregular plural in Brazilian Portuguese: an exem-plar-based model approach

Authors

  • Daniela Mara Lima Oliveira Guimarães Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG)
  • Thais Cristófaro Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG)
  • Christina Abreu Gomes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2020.v16nEsp.a21500

Keywords:

plural acquisition, exemplar models, frequency.

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study on the acquisition of the irregular plural in Brazilian Portuguese, specifically, nouns ending in ão and nouns ending in oral diphthong, as in chapéu e lençol, performed as semi-vowel.  Data were collected from children aged from 3 to 12 years old who attended public and private schools in Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil). The analysis is grounded on the theoretical perspective of Exemplar Models. Results indicated the importance of structural factors linked to factors of use as well as frequency effects of specific patterns. Results also pointed out the importance of age and the type of school in the use of the plural.

Author Biographies

Daniela Mara Lima Oliveira Guimarães, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Professora da Faculdade de Letras.

Thais Cristófaro Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos/Faculdade de Letras, Pesquisadora do CNPq e da FAPEMIG.

Christina Abreu Gomes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Professora do Departamento de Linguística e Filologia, Pesquisadora do CNPq.

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Published

2020-11-07

Issue

Vol. 16 (2020): Special Issue - Celebrating over 50 years of the Graduate Linguistics Program at UFRJ and of the Professor Emeritus Miriam Lemle’s career

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