Part of
Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the annual symposia on Arabic LinguisticsEdited by Ellen Broselow and Hamid Ouali
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 317] 2011
► pp. 203–244
Edited by Ellen Broselow and Hamid Ouali
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 317] 2011
► pp. 203–244
Probability matching in Arabic and Romance morphology
This study investigates the role of probability matching in the selection of morphological lexical representations by adults. Whereas children rely on application of a morphological default that results in regularization, adults match probabilities with pre-existing lexical distributions. This hypothesis is supported with a series of case studies involving grammatical gender assignment to loanwords from Arabic to Iberian Romance and vice versa, and pluralization in second-language acquisition of Arabic.
Cited by (1)
Cited by one other publication
Walter, Mary Ann
2020. Neuters to none. In Historical Linguistics 2017 [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 350], ► pp. 474 ff. 
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 12 july 2024. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.