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Precursors to onset clusters in acquisition.

Judith A Gierut1, Kathleen M O'Connor

  • 1Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, 200 South Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7002, USA. gierut@indiana.edu

Journal of Child Language
|July 12, 2002
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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Phonological Acquisition
  • Child Language Development

Background:

  • Existing theories propose implicational laws for word-initial onset clusters in child phonology.
  • These laws suggest clusters imply affricates or that liquid clusters imply a liquid distinction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and extend the validity of these implicational laws.
  • To analyze speech samples from children with functional phonological delays.

Main Methods:

  • Computational analyses of extended speech samples from 110 children (aged 3;0 to 8;6).
  • Evaluation of adherence to proposed implicational laws regarding onset clusters.

Main Results:

  • Children's sound systems largely complied with the proposed implicational laws.
  • Asymmetries and exceptions were observed, suggesting a need for refinement.
  • Data revealed a pattern of segmental-prosodic cyclicity.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support an integrated view of phonological acquisition, incorporating segmental-prosodic cyclicity.
  • Apparent exceptions highlight the need for alternative theoretical frameworks, such as the Resolvability Principle.

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