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Cantonese consonantal development: towards a nonlinear account.

W W Wong1, S F Stokes

  • 1University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Journal of Child Language
|March 22, 2001
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This study explores phonological development in Cantonese children, revealing a distinct order in acquiring sound system features. Higher-level tiers like words and syllables are mastered before finer segmental details.

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Phonology

Background:

  • Previous research on phonological development primarily focused on English.
  • Understanding language-specific phonological acquisition is crucial for developmental linguistics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a preliminary description of phonological tier development in Cantonese-speaking children.
  • To investigate the developmental order of hierarchical features in Cantonese phonology.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of picture naming data from eight Cantonese-speaking children aged 1;7 to 4;2 years.
  • Examination of word, syllable, onset-rime, skeletal, and segmental tiers.
  • Application of a feature geometry model to describe feature acquisition.

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Main Results:

  • A developmental hierarchy in phonological tier acquisition was observed.
  • Accuracy decreased in the order: word = syllable > onset-rime = skeletal > segmental.
  • The laryngeal feature (aspiration) was acquired incrementally with place contrasts.

Conclusions:

  • Cantonese children exhibit a predictable developmental sequence in their phonological systems.
  • The findings support a hierarchical model of phonological feature acquisition.
  • The study highlights unique aspects of Cantonese phonological development, such as feature integration.