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Peer reviewedMacken, Marlys A.; Barton, David – Journal of Child Language, 1980
Reports on a longitudinal study of the acquisition of the voicing contrast in American English word-initial stop consonants as measured by voice-onset time. The rate and nature of the developmental process are discussed in relation to two competing models of phonological acquisition and two hypotheses regarding the skills being learned. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition
