Differences in plural forms of monolingual German preschoolers and adults
<p><strong>Abstract – </strong>Pluralization strategies of monolingual German children aged 3-6, median 4;2 (N = 810), and adults aged 18-96, median 24;0 (N = 582), were compared on the basis of eight nonce nouns from the language test SETK 3-5. Differences between younger and olde...
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doaj-986cfaff9abf43e0a0ecd4c556f672962020-11-24T23:05:05ZdeuUniversità del SalentoLingue e Linguaggi2239-03672239-03592014-03-0110016918010.1285/i22390359v10p16913084Differences in plural forms of monolingual German preschoolers and adultsEugen Zaretsky0Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main<p><strong>Abstract – </strong>Pluralization strategies of monolingual German children aged 3-6, median 4;2 (N = 810), and adults aged 18-96, median 24;0 (N = 582), were compared on the basis of eight nonce nouns from the language test SETK 3-5. Differences between younger and older Germans resembled previously described differences between German and immigrant pre-schoolers for most aspects, e.g., use of fewer plural allomorphs (types), more errors in umlauting, and more avoidance strategies in the linguistically weaker groups. However, both German children and adults demonstrated the same universal frequency- and phonology-based pluralization patterns. Surprisingly, ungrammatical plural forms were equally frequent in both children’s and adults' answers.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key words</strong>: plural acquisition, morphology, German, gender, pluralisation</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Zusammenfassung </strong>– Pluralisierungsstrategien von monolingualen deutschen Kindern im Alter von drei bis sechs, Median 4;2 (N = 810), und Erwachsenen im Alter von 18 bis 96, Median 24;0 (N = 582), wurden anhand von acht Kunstwörtern aus dem Sprachtest SETK 3-5 verglichen. Die Unterschiede zwischen den Deutschen im Kindes- und Erwachsenenalter waren in den meisten Hinsichten den zuvor beschriebenen Unterschieden zwischen Deutschen und Migranten im Vorschulalter ähnlich, z.B. Gebrauch von weniger Pluralallomorphen (Typen), mehr Umlautfehler, mehr Vermeidungsstrategien in den sprachlich schwächeren Gruppen. Generell demonstrierten jedoch sowohl deutsche Kinder als auch deutsche Erwachsene dieselben universellen frequenz- und phonologisch bedingte Pluralisierungsmuster. Unerwarterterweise erwiesen sich ungrammatische Pluralformen in der Kinder- und Erwachsenensprache als gleich häufig.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Schlagwörter</strong>: Pluralerwerb, Morphologie, Deutsch, Genus, Pluralisierung</p>http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/linguelinguaggi/article/view/13312 |
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<p><strong>Abstract – </strong>Pluralization strategies of monolingual German children aged 3-6, median 4;2 (N = 810), and adults aged 18-96, median 24;0 (N = 582), were compared on the basis of eight nonce nouns from the language test SETK 3-5. Differences between younger and older Germans resembled previously described differences between German and immigrant pre-schoolers for most aspects, e.g., use of fewer plural allomorphs (types), more errors in umlauting, and more avoidance strategies in the linguistically weaker groups. However, both German children and adults demonstrated the same universal frequency- and phonology-based pluralization patterns. Surprisingly, ungrammatical plural forms were equally frequent in both children’s and adults' answers.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key words</strong>: plural acquisition, morphology, German, gender, pluralisation</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Zusammenfassung </strong>– Pluralisierungsstrategien von monolingualen deutschen Kindern im Alter von drei bis sechs, Median 4;2 (N = 810), und Erwachsenen im Alter von 18 bis 96, Median 24;0 (N = 582), wurden anhand von acht Kunstwörtern aus dem Sprachtest SETK 3-5 verglichen. Die Unterschiede zwischen den Deutschen im Kindes- und Erwachsenenalter waren in den meisten Hinsichten den zuvor beschriebenen Unterschieden zwischen Deutschen und Migranten im Vorschulalter ähnlich, z.B. Gebrauch von weniger Pluralallomorphen (Typen), mehr Umlautfehler, mehr Vermeidungsstrategien in den sprachlich schwächeren Gruppen. Generell demonstrierten jedoch sowohl deutsche Kinder als auch deutsche Erwachsene dieselben universellen frequenz- und phonologisch bedingte Pluralisierungsmuster. Unerwarterterweise erwiesen sich ungrammatische Pluralformen in der Kinder- und Erwachsenensprache als gleich häufig.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Schlagwörter</strong>: Pluralerwerb, Morphologie, Deutsch, Genus, Pluralisierung</p> |
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