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Different rates of pronoun case error: comments on Rispoli (1998)

C T Schütze1

  • 1Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1543, USA. cschutze@ucla.edu

Journal of Child Language
|December 22, 1999
PubMed
Summary

This study challenges a model of child pronoun case errors, finding that overextensions of "he" and "him" are not mutually exclusive. It suggests input frequencies better explain error patterns than previous theories.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental psycholinguistics
  • Child language acquisition
  • Syntax and morphology

Background:

  • Critiques Rispoli's (1998) model of pronoun case errors in early English development.
  • Analyzes error rates in 27 children aged 2.6–4.0 years.
  • Examines the antagonistic relationship between 'he' and 'him' overextensions.

Discussion:

  • Demonstrates that 'he' and 'him' overextensions are not antagonistic.
  • Proposes relative input frequencies as a more plausible explanation for 'her' subject errors.
  • Challenges the core assumptions of Rispoli's proposed model.

Key Insights:

  • Overextension patterns of pronoun case errors in child English are re-evaluated.
  • Relative frequency of linguistic input significantly influences child pronoun usage.

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  • Rispoli's findings do not invalidate developmental syntax models like Schütze (1997).

    • Outlook:

    • Further research into the role of input frequency in child language development.
    • Refining developmental syntax models based on empirical data.
    • Investigating cross-linguistic variations in pronoun acquisition.