Internal Constraints

Question 1

Name an experiment that explored internal constraints

Answer 1

Labov and Payne explored which constraints were acquired first in kids (social)
-6 y/o understoof narrative constraints but not grammatical

Question 2

What are the linguistic factors of T/D Deletion?

Answer 2

surrounding sounds
stress
type of word

Question 3

What are the social factors of T/D Deletion?

Answer 3

style
sex age and class
ethnicity

Question 4

What examples are excluded from T/D deletion analysis?

Answer 4

when they follow C
preceding /r/ in a cluster
when a nasal comes before and an unstressed vowel comes after

Question 5

What constraints affect the suffix -s?

Answer 5

internal constraints: preceding environment

external factors: class + style, space + time

Question 6

What other factors influence the suffix - in AAVEs?

Answer 6

semantic - habitual events
discourse - narrative
syntax - more often with plural subjects, less with plural pronouns, most often zero with measure words