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Peer reviewedPater, Joe; Barlow, Jessica A. – Journal of Child Language, 2003
Applies two fundamental principles of optimalist theory to yield predictions about cluster reduction patterns. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedGessman, Albert M. – Language Quarterly, 1990
Discusses phonic shifting or sound shifts through an examination of Grimm's Law, or the Germanic Consonant Shift. The discussion includes comments on why the phonic shift developed and its pattern. (10 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedCaflisch, Jacob, Sr. – Language Quarterly, 1990
Reviews and comments on the major points made in Albert Gessman's paper, "Grimm's Law: Fact or Myth?" Through the evaluation of the paper's 13 points, several ideas are pointed out that are believed to be crucial to Gessman's arguments. (29 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedSpencer, Andrew – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Presents: (1) the basic facts of vowel-zero alternations and palatalization in Polish; (2) a nonlinear account of the vowel-zero alternations; (3) a reanalysis of palatalization facts in terms of morpholexical rules; and (4) speculations relating to learnability considerations and the nature of linguistic theory construction. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Czech
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1970
Four issues of "TESL Reporter" are presented. Contents include the following articles: "Feedback: An Anti-Madeirization Compound" by Henry M. Schaafsma; "Using the Personal Pronoun 'I' as a Compound Subject" by G. Pang and D. Chu; "The Consonant'L' in Initial and Final Positions" by Maybelle Chong; "Sentence Expansion for the Elementary Level" by…
Descriptors: Consonants, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
