The conjugation of irregular verbs by native brazilian portuguese speaking children: a study in the light of lexical phonology and morphology

Authors

  • Tamires Pereira Duarte Goulart Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Pelotas – Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-6565
  • Carmen Lúcia Barreto Matzenauer Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Pelotas – Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-5794-1804-8

Keywords:

Morphophonological acquisition, Irregular verbs, Lexical Phonology and Morphology,

Abstract

This study investigates the acquisition of irregular verbs in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) when conjugated in the Indicative Present, Subjunctive Present and Simple Past tenses by native BP speaking children. It aims at describing and analyzing the interaction between Morphology and Phonology which is found in the inflection of irregular verbs, in the light of Lexical Phonology and Morphology (LPM). Data show that linguistic phenomena of morphophonological origin, which are highly complex, can be considered processes of late acquisition by Brazilian children. LPM leads to the understanding that verb regularization, one of the manifestations of irregular conjugations, can be explained by the non-correspondence between the phonological and morphological levels of the language.

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Author Biographies

Tamires Pereira Duarte Goulart, Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Pelotas – Rio Grande do Sul

MESTRA EM LETRAS - LINGUÍSTICA APLICADA - UCPEL

PROFESSORA TUTORA EAD UFPEL

PROFESSORA MUNICIPAL

Carmen Lúcia Barreto Matzenauer, Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Pelotas – Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Linguística e Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Atualmente é Professora Titular da Universidade Católica de Pelotas. Tem experiência na área de Linguística, com ênfase em Fonética e Fonologia.

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Published

25/04/2018

How to Cite

GOULART, T. P. D.; MATZENAUER, C. L. B. The conjugation of irregular verbs by native brazilian portuguese speaking children: a study in the light of lexical phonology and morphology. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, São Paulo, v. 62, n. 1, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-1804-8. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/9621. Acesso em: 2 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2018)

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Papers

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