| Presentation | 2017-07-23 Inflectional Directionality in Morphological Productivity Yohei Oseki, Yasutada Sudo, Hiromu Sakai, Alec Marantz, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In this paper, we investigate a hitherto unexplored possibility of inflectional directionality that past tense forms are bases for present tense formation. Specifically, we design and conduct two ?wug? tests (Berko, 1958) on Japanese verbal inflection in two opposite directions, past → present and present → past, and the experimental observations are explicitly evaluated against the predictions of the computational model, Minimal Generalization Learner (Albright & Hayes, 2003). The results of two experiments reveal that experimental observations are strongly predicted by model predictions in the past → present direction, but only weakly in the present → past direction. We conclude that the directionality of inflection plays a pivotal role in morphological productivity, independently reflected in language acquisition (Klafehn, 2003; Murasugi, 2010). |
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| Keyword(in English) | morphology / verbal inflection / directionality / productivity / "wug" test / language acquisition / Japanese |
| Paper # | TL2017-27 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-07-15 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2017/7/22(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | NINJAL |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Masami Suzuki(KDDI Research) |
| Vice Chair | Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics) |
| Secretary | Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Kyoto Univ.) |
| Assistant | Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) / Noriaki Takada(Ferris Univ.) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Inflectional Directionality in Morphological Productivity |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | morphology |
| Keyword(2) | verbal inflection |
| Keyword(3) | directionality |
| Keyword(4) | productivity |
| Keyword(5) | "wug" test |
| Keyword(6) | language acquisition |
| Keyword(7) | Japanese |
| 1st Author's Name | Yohei Oseki |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | New York University(NYU) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yasutada Sudo |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | University College London(UCL) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hiromu Sakai |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Waseda University(Waseda) |
| 4th Author's Name | Alec Marantz |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | New York University(NYU) |
| Date | 2017-07-23 |
| Paper # | TL2017-27 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.117 |
| Number (no) | TL-149 |
| Page | pp.pp.73-78(TL), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-07-15 (TL) |