The acquisition path of plurals in Brazilian Portuguese

Michael Becker, Andrew Nevins, Filomena Sandalo, and Érick Rizzato

Article (pdf)

Michael Becker, Andrew Nevins, Filomena Sandalo, and Érick Rizzato (in prep) The acquisition path of plurals in Brazilian Portuguese. (pdf)

Abstract

Previous research has established that the Brazilian Portuguese plural involves a change of a stem-final [w] to [j], but the change is blocked in monosyllables and following a tense vowel. Here, we present a nonce word study with 118 children ages 7--13, showing that blocking by monosyllables is acquired earlier than blocking by tense vowels.

Materials and results

experimental results (zip)

Contact info

Michael Becker, michael.becker@phonologist.org
Andrew Nevins, a.nevins@ucl.ac.uk
Filomena Sandalo, fsandalo@gmail.com
Érick Rizzato, erickrizzato@gmail.com