Issues in Spanish morphophonology : implications for language acquisition / Obdulia Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Obdulia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Morphophonemics.

Spanish language.

Physical Description:

viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2006]

Summary:

This work utilizes an empirical and theoretical approach to the study of linguistic phenomena, such as syllable structure, stress assignment, diphthongs, and phonological processing in Spanish. Based on data from L1 and L2 environments in Spanish language acquisition, these collected articles investigate examples of morphophonological interaction in native and non-native systems by identifying similarities and differences in comprehension and incorporation. Language change and language learning are examined extensively throughout in regards to difficulties intrinsic to the learner, the learning environment, and the utilization of the language in everyday life.

Contents:

I Trubetzkoy's Orphan Revisited: A View from Spanish Morphophonology 1

II Overview of Optimality Theory 7

III Spanish Morphophonology and Language Acquisition 13

IV Stress and Intonation 33

V The Obligatory Contour Principle and the Pronoun System of Spanish: Syntax, Morphology, and Phonology at the Crossroads 51

VI The Acquisition of Alternating Diphthongs in Native and Non-Native Systems 57

VII Inflection vs. Derivation 69

VIII Phonological Processing and Foreign Language Learning Difficulties 95

IX Addressing Language Learnability: How Much Information is Enough for Learning Systems to be Successful? Galician geada and Catalan queada 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-147) and index.

ISBN:

0761835318

9780761835318

OCLC:

76910552