Specific language impairment as a syntax-phonology (PF) interface problem : evidence from Afrikaans

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dc.contributor.authorCorver, Norberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSouthwood, Frenetteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Hout, Roelanden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-03T08:18:31Z
dc.date.available2013-07-03T08:18:31Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionCITATION: Corver, N., Southwood, F. & Van Hout, R. 2012. Specific language impairment as a syntax-phonology (PF) interface problem : evidence from Afrikaans. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 41:71-89, doi:10.5774/41-0-134.
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dc.description.abstractA theoretical account of specific language impairment (SLI) – one which places the locus of the impairment at Spell-Out at the syntax-phonology interface – is proposed and then tested against utterances from Afrikaans-speaking children with SLI. Drawing on Minimalism, our account offers a unified explanation for the seemingly diverse phenomena found in the Afrikaans data: omission of certain lexical material, double articulation of other lexical material and word order deviations. Based on our data, we conclude that the language problem of children with SLI appears to lie neither in the mapping from lexicon to syntax (thus in the selection of a lexical item as a member of the numeration) nor in the computational system, but in the mapping of an adult-like syntactic representation onto a proper sound representation.
dc.description.urihttp://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/134
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dc.format.extent19 pages
dc.identifier.citationSpil: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics
dc.identifier.citationCorver, N., Southwood, F. & Van Hout, R. 2012. Specific language impairment as a syntax-phonology (PF) interface problem : evidence from Afrikaans. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 41:71-89, doi:10.5774/41-0-134.
dc.identifier.issn2223-9936 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1027-3417 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5774/41-0-134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/81016
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
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dc.subjectAfrikaans languageen_ZA
dc.subjectLanguage disordersen_ZA
dc.subjectSpecific language impairmenten_ZA
dc.subjectLexicologyen_ZA
dc.subjectGrammar, Comparative and general -- Syntaxen_ZA
dc.subjectLanguage disorders in childrenen_ZA
dc.titleSpecific language impairment as a syntax-phonology (PF) interface problem : evidence from Afrikaansen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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