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Isabeau De Smet, Laura Rosseel, Freek Van de Velde
Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
It has often been suggested that there is an inverse correlation between the number of adult non-native speakers in a language and its morphological complexity. Secluded languages often show more complex morphology, while high-contact languages go through more severe simplifications throughout the ages. One such simplification linked to language contact is the regularization of the Germanic past tense. Yet, a Wug task on the English past tense system by Cuskley et al. (2015) showed that non-native speakers tend to use the irregular past tense even more than native speakers. In this article, we replicate the Wug experiment for Dutch. Our results show similar evidence for a higher rate of irregularization across non-native speakers. Furthermore, we do not find any other simplification strategies among non-native speakers. Though caution is warranted, these converging results may suggest that non-native speakers are not the drivers of morphological simplification.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 224-245 |
Aantal pagina's | 22 |
Tijdschrift | Journal of Language Evolution |
Volume | 7 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 2 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 1 jul 2022 |
Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished abstract
Onderzoeksoutput: Blog › Research