Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Yasuhiro Shirai, Department of Linguistics
Date:
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 12:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4130 WWPH
Cost:
Free
This paper investigates the acquisition of imperfective aspect marker -teiru in Japanese. Through the analysis of caretaker speech and children's speech, it tests the predictions of the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis (Bickerton, 1981) and the Distributional Bias Hypothesis (Shirai & Andersen, 1995). The results show strong correspondences between input and children's language, and support the latter hypothesis.
Light refreshments will be served.
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
East Asian Languages and Literatures
World Regions:
Asia
East Asia