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  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Language Acquisition

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  • Languages exhibit variation in handling multiple negative elements, resulting in either double negation or negative concord.
  • A prominent hypothesis suggests the phonological and syntactic properties of negative markers dictate this variation.
  • Specifically, affixal negation is hypothesized to correlate with negative concord.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis linking negative marker type to double negation versus negative concord acquisition.
  • To determine if English speakers' learning of these structures is sensitive to the negative marker's status (affixal vs. adverbial).

Main Methods:

  • An artificial language learning experiment was designed.
  • English speakers were exposed to and tested on artificial languages exhibiting double negation and negative concord.
  • The negative markers in these artificial languages varied between adverbial and affixal forms.

Main Results:

  • The study found no evidence supporting the hypothesis that negative marker type influences the acquisition of double negation versus negative concord.
  • Learners demonstrated a general ease in acquiring negative concord languages compared to double negation languages.
  • This learning advantage for negative concord was observed irrespective of whether the negative marker was an affix or an adverb.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed connection between negative marker status and the type of negation acquired is not supported by this experimental data.
  • Learners appear to find negative concord structures inherently easier to acquire than double negation structures.
  • These findings align with existing research on natural language acquisition of negation.