A Constraint-Based Approach to Acquisition of Word-Final Consonant Clusters in Turkish Children

Autor/in	Gokgoz-Kurt, Burcu
Titel	A Constraint-Based Approach to Acquisition of Word-Final Consonant Clusters in Turkish Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13 (2017) 2, S.296-308 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gokgoz-Kurt, Burcu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Turkish; Phonemes; Simulation; Grammar; Linguistic Theory; Comparative Analysis; Children; Language Acquisition; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Türkisch; Fonem; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Grammatik; Linguistische Theorie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The current study provides a constraint-based analysis of L1 word-final consonant cluster acquisition in Turkish child language, based on the data originally presented by Topbas and Kopkalli-Yavuz (2008). The present analysis was done using [?]+obstruent consonant cluster acquisition. A comparison of Gradual Learning Algorithm (GLA) under Optimality Theory (OT) as opposed to Harmonic Grammar (HG) is made to see under which model GLA functions more efficiently and reaches the target adult form faster. This convergence was simulated using the simulation feature of "Praat" (Boersma & Weenik, 2012). Since child language is unmarked at the initial state, faithfulness constraints have been assigned lower ranking values than markedness constraints. The noise was set to 2.0 and the plasticity to 0.1. The findings of the simulations show that GLA is more compatible with Noisy HG in showing convergence properties with the target adult output forms. In other words, the number of trials HG-GLA needed to reach the winning/optimal form was fewer than it was for OT-GLA. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01