Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: A particular approach to the study of psycholinguistic\nprocesses is presented, which is based on a minimalist\nconception of language. A procedural model of language\nacquisition is sketched, which reconciles infants speech\nprocessing and the idea of innately guided learning\nwith a minimalist view of the initial state of language\nacquisition in an account of the bootstrapping problem.\nLanguage acquisition is viewed as proceeding with\nthe progressive specification of formal features of the\nfunctional categories of the lexicon. The possibility of\na minimalist derivation to be incorporated in a sentence\nproduction and/or comprehension model is discussed.\nPossible sources of language impairment, as manifested\nin SLI (Specific Language Impairment) syndrome,\nare considered in the light of this integrative approach.\nReference is made to experimental work carried out in\nBrazilian Portuguese, with some extension to European\nPortuguese and River-Plate Spanish.
Authors: Sicuro Corrêa, M Letícia
Institution: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1584504616