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Typological predictions in developmental phonology.

D A Dinnsen1, K M O'Connor

  • 1Department of Linguistics, Indiana University, Memorial Hall East 322, 1021 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7005, USA. dinnsen@indiana.edu

Journal of Child Language
|January 19, 2002
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

  • Consonant harmony and gliding are common phonological processes in child language acquisition.
  • These processes are often studied independently, with limited understanding of their relationship.
  • Existing theories struggle to account for observed asymmetries in their occurrence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the typological characteristics of consonant harmony and gliding in child phonology.
  • To determine the relationship between the occurrence of harmony and gliding.
  • To test the explanatory power of Optimality Theory for these phonological patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data from children's developing phonologies.

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  • Inclusion of data from published literature and the Indiana University developmental phonology archives.
  • Application of Optimality Theory to model observed phonological asymmetries.

    • Main Results:

    • An observed asymmetry: consonant harmony implies gliding, but gliding does not imply harmony.
    • This asymmetry is explained by a fixed universal ranking of constraints within Optimality Theory.
    • Optimality Theory provides a framework for understanding the developmental trajectory of these errors.

    Conclusions:

    • The study reveals a non-random relationship between consonant harmony and gliding in child phonology.
    • Optimality Theory successfully models this asymmetry, suggesting fixed universal constraints.
    • The findings have implications for developmental accounts of phonological disorders and clinical practice.