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Acquisition of velars: A whole-word approach.
Journal article

Acquisition of velars: A whole-word approach.

  • Kehoe M a Faculty of Psychology and Science of Education , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland.
  • 2015-09-01
Published in:
  • Clinical linguistics & phonetics. - 2015
Child phonology
phonological delay
usage-based phonology
velars
Articulation Disorders
Child, Preschool
Humans
Language Development
Male
Phonetics
Speech Acoustics
Speech Production Measurement
English This study focuses on the acquisition of velars in a child, Max, aged 1;09-4;08, with protracted phonological development, possibly as a result of his diverse input conditions: he is an internationally adopted child who produces his first words shortly after exposure to English at 1;09. Max's acquisition of velars is characterised by U-shaped development as well as by a positional velar-fronting process, in which velars are realised consistently in prosodically-weak but inconsistently in prosodically-strong positions. In prosodically-strong positions, they are conditioned by vowel quality, voicing, the place-of-articulation of the post-vocalic consonant and whether they are part of an obstruent-sonorant cluster. The study aims to account for Max's U-shaped pattern of development, his positional velar fronting process and his partial realisation of prosodically-strong velars appealing to generative and usage-based approaches of phonological development.
Language
  • English
Open access status
closed
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https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/240603
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