Modifying the Suffixation Preference across Domains
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چکیده
One important task of language acquisition involves the ability to distinguish between an inflectional derivation of a word, which is a variant of the word, and a completely new word. This ability is often influenced by a suffixation preference. Previous research has demonstrated that the suffixation preference may not be sub-served by a languagespecific mechanism and that a domain general mechanism may underlie this preference. However, for the domaingeneral mechanism to be a plausible candidate, it has to exhibit flexibility enabling it to account for various types of inflectional morphology existing across languages. This research established that the suffixation preference is both flexible and transferable across domains, which suggests that the suffixation preference is driven by a cognitive mechanism that is both domain-general and flexible in nature.
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