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Constraint conflict in cluster reduction.

Joe Pater1, Jessica A Barlow

  • 1Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-7130, USA. pater@linguist.umass.edu

Journal of Child Language
|September 30, 2003
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Phonology
  • Child Language Acquisition

Background:

  • Children's speech development often involves simplifying consonant clusters.
  • A common pattern is the production of the least sonorous consonant in a cluster.
  • Optimality Theory (OT) explains this via fixed constraint rankings evaluating sonority.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore variations in children's consonant cluster reduction patterns using OT principles.
  • To investigate how factorial typology and emergent constraint activity predict deviations from the standard sonority pattern.
  • To analyze the influence of specific constraints (*Fricative, *Dorsal, Max-Labial) on cluster reduction.

Main Methods:

  • Application of two core OT principles: factorial typology and emergent constraint activity.

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  • Analysis of speech data from typically developing children and a child with a phonological delay.
  • Examination of constraint rankings to predict and explain cluster reduction patterns.

    • Main Results:

    • Deviations from the sonority pattern occur when conflicting constraints (*Fricative, *Dorsal, Max-Labial) outrank sonority constraints.
    • Factorial typology predicts that different constraint rankings yield different cluster reduction patterns.
    • Emergent constraint activity demonstrates that the sonority pattern can still emerge under specific conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides a framework within OT to account for diverse child cluster reduction patterns.
    • Constraint rankings, influenced by factors like *Fricative, *Dorsal, and Max-Labial, are crucial for understanding variations.
    • Both factorial typology and emergent constraint activity are essential for a comprehensive analysis of phonological development.