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ROA 705-0105

The Acquisition of English "-ed" Complex Codas by Brazilian Portuguese Speakers: A Reanalysis Under a Connectionist Optimality Theory

Giovana Bonilha <gfgb at terra.com.br>
Ubirata Kickhofel Alves <ukalves at brturbo.com>

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Abstract:
This study aims to apply the proposal of a connectionist
version of Optimality Theory (Bonilha, 2004) in order to
analyze the data which were previously considered in Alves
(2004), regarding the acquisition, by Brazilian Portuguese
speakers, of English complex codas which characterize the
English morpheme �-ed�. The analysis which was carried
out in Alves (2004), developed through the standard model
of Optimality Theory, reached the conclusion that the acquisition
of a second language may imply not only the constraints
reranking, but also the acquisition of a new underlying
representation which is able to lead to output forms which
are similar to those produced by native speakers. By considering
the fact that, for a Connectionist OT, the phoneme does
not exist as a mental representation, hence not constituting
an underlying form, we intend to verify the adequacy of
Connectionist Optimality Theory to revisit the analysis
developed in Alves (2004).

Comments: 
Keywords: Connectionist Optimality Theory, second language acquisition, input
Areas: Phonology,Language Acquisition,Formal Analysis
Type: Conference Proceedings Chapter

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