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Article: Evidence against a link between learning phonotactics and learning phonological alternations

TitleEvidence against a link between learning phonotactics and learning phonological alternations
Authors
Issue Date2021
PublisherDe Gruyter. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lingvan
Citation
Linguistics Vanguard (Forthcoming) How to Cite?
AbstractPhonological alternation often happens to conform phonotactic regularities, from which a single mechanism between phonotactics and alternation has been claimed. We noted, however, that empirical evidence supporting the link between phonotactics and alternations comes only from English native speakers whose first language (L1) does exhibit phonotactically motivated alternation patterns. This article examines whether the link between phonotactics and alternations is universally available. To do so, we test Cantonese native speakers’ learning of phonotactics and alternations, whose L1 provides no evidence for or against the link. We address learning of a vowel harmony pattern through the use of three artificial languages; one with harmony pattern both within and across stems, another with harmony pattern only across stems; and the other with disharmony pattern within stems but harmony across stems. Learners successfully acquired harmony phonotactics according to input patterns, but they showed no difference in learning alternation patterns across the three languages. Our results suggest that the link between phonotactics and alternations might be language-specific: Only upon receiving L1 evidence, learners can use a unified mechanism to encode phonotactics and alternations.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/297266
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dc.contributor.authorDo, Y-
dc.contributor.authorYeung, P-
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T07:16:32Z-
dc.date.available2021-03-08T07:16:32Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationLinguistics Vanguard (Forthcoming)-
dc.identifier.issn2199-174X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/297266-
dc.description.abstractPhonological alternation often happens to conform phonotactic regularities, from which a single mechanism between phonotactics and alternation has been claimed. We noted, however, that empirical evidence supporting the link between phonotactics and alternations comes only from English native speakers whose first language (L1) does exhibit phonotactically motivated alternation patterns. This article examines whether the link between phonotactics and alternations is universally available. To do so, we test Cantonese native speakers’ learning of phonotactics and alternations, whose L1 provides no evidence for or against the link. We address learning of a vowel harmony pattern through the use of three artificial languages; one with harmony pattern both within and across stems, another with harmony pattern only across stems; and the other with disharmony pattern within stems but harmony across stems. Learners successfully acquired harmony phonotactics according to input patterns, but they showed no difference in learning alternation patterns across the three languages. Our results suggest that the link between phonotactics and alternations might be language-specific: Only upon receiving L1 evidence, learners can use a unified mechanism to encode phonotactics and alternations.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherDe Gruyter. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lingvan-
dc.relation.ispartofLinguistics Vanguard-
dc.rightsThe final publication is available at www.degruyter.com-
dc.titleEvidence against a link between learning phonotactics and learning phonological alternations-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailDo, Y: youngah@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityDo, Y=rp02160-
dc.identifier.hkuros321647-
dc.publisher.placeGermany-
dc.identifier.issnl2199-174X-

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