The processing of Determiner – Noun agreement and the identification of the gender of Nouns in the early acquisition of Portuguese

The early acquisition of the Portuguese gender system is investigated. It is argued that the acquisition of the gender system is based upon the identification of morpho-phonological information within the closed class of determiners and upon the processing of agreement within the DP. Experimental ev...

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Main Authors: Letícia Corrêa, Maria Cristina Name
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2003-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/34