The role of morphology in the process of language acquisition and learning

• Autores: Joaquín A. Domínguez Martínez
• Localización: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI, ISSN-e 2171-861X, ISSN 0214-4808, Nº. 4, 1991 (Ejemplar dedicado a: English Language Teaching / coord. por Enrique Alcaraz Varó), págs. 37-47
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Morphology is attracting more and more the interest of linguists. No complete theory of language can develop without a well established theory of word formation. There are many unsolved problems, however, which make any morphological theory a weak theory, badly needing evidence based solutions, some of them crucial to the theory; these are for example, productivity, meaning, constraints, and so on. We are also concerned with the acquisition/learning of the rules of word formation. In this respect we draw out conclusions from other authors' evidence and from our own.