Agreement and markedness in the ascription of gender to novel animate nouns by children acquiring Portuguese
This paper focuses on the role of agreement in the ascription of gender to animate nouns by children acquiring Portuguese. An elicited production task was used in which children were requested to refer to novel objects named by pseudo masculine/feminine nouns. It aimed at verifying the extent to whi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Portuguese Linguistics |
| Online Access: | http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/103 |