Abstract This study examines the acquisition of broken plural (BP) patterns generated by child speakers of Jordanian Arabic (JA). Data were collected from 20 Jordanian children via an experimental production test. Children were given pictures of a set of singular entities depicting nouns and pictures containing their plural counterparts, and they were asked to say the names of the items in the pictures in an attempt to provide their corresponding plural forms. The results reveal that the acquisition of correct BP patterns appears critical for children. The feminine sound plural (FSP) was employed as the default pattern by children and thus is acquired before the BP, with the acquired patterns mainly shaped by productivity, predictability (but not familiarity) and overgeneralization (morphological, phonological, and semantic). Based on the oral speech corpus produced by adult JA speakers, published in Semarchive, a rough count of plural pattern frequencies was undertaken. The FSP proved to be less frequent than BPs in tokens and can thus be considered a minority default, a finding that calls into question the validity of Boudelaa and Gaskell’s corpus (2002. A re-examination of the default system for Arabic plurals. Language and Cognitive Processes 17(3). 321–343) on JA. Although 3- to 5-year-old children use the FSP as the most productive pattern, frequency does not significantly contribute to the predictability of the distribution in shaping the correct plural form at this stage of learning BPs.

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约旦儿童获得破碎的复数形式

摘要这项研究探讨了约旦阿拉伯语（JA）的儿童说话者产生的破碎复数（BP）模式的获取。通过实验性生产测试从20名约旦儿童中收集了数据。给孩子们提供一组描绘名词的单数实体的图片和包含其复数形式的图片，并要求他们说出图片中各项的名称，以尝试提供其对应的复数形式。结果表明，正确的BP模式的获取对于儿童至关重要。儿童采用女性声音复数（FSP）作为默认模式，因此是在BP之前获得的，其获得的模式主要由生产力，可预测性（但不熟悉）和过度概括（形态，语音和语义）决定。根据Semarchive中由成年JA演讲者制作的口头语料库，对多个模式频率进行了粗略计数。FSP在令牌中的频率比BP少，因此可以认为是少数人违约，这一发现使Boudelaa和Gaskell语料库的有效性受到质疑（2002年。对阿拉伯复数形式的默认系统的重新检验。 JA的认知过程17（3）。321–343）。尽管3至5岁的儿童将FSP用作最有效的方式，但是在学习BP的这一阶段，频率对塑造正确的复数形式的分布的可预测性没有显着贡献。FSP在令牌中的频率比BP少，因此可以认为是少数人违约，这一发现使Boudelaa和Gaskell语料库的有效性受到质疑（2002年。对阿拉伯复数形式的默认系统的重新检验。 JA上的认知过程17（3）。321–343）。尽管3至5岁的儿童将FSP用作最有效的方式，但是在学习BP的这一阶段，频率对塑造正确的复数形式的分布的可预测性没有显着贡献。FSP在令牌中的频率比BP少，因此可以认为是少数人违约，这一发现使Boudelaa和Gaskell语料库的有效性受到质疑（2002年。对阿拉伯复数形式的默认系统的重新检验。 JA的认知过程17（3）。321–343）。尽管3至5岁的儿童将FSP用作最有效的方式，但是在学习BP的这一阶段，频率对塑造正确的复数形式的分布的可预测性没有显着贡献。