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Syllabic Patterns in the Early Vocalizations of Quichua Children
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Gildersleeve-Neumann, Christina E.; Davis, Barbara L.; Macneilage, Peter F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
To understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless of language environment and the early appearance of production effects based on perceptual learning from the ambient language requires the study of languages with diverse phonological properties. Few studies have evaluated early phonological acquisition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syllables, Vowels, Language Patterns
The Spelling's the Thing: Knowledge of Derivational Morphology in Orthography and Phonology among Older Students.
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Templeton, Shane; Scarborough-Franks, Linda – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Reports a study that examined sixth- and 10th-grade students' ability to generate orthographic and phonetic derivatives for three predominant vowel-alternation patterns characteristic of internal derivational morphology. Results support the hypothesis that a productive knowledge of these patterns in orthography precedes a productive knowledge of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Grade 10, Grade 6
Babbling of Twins in a Bilingual Environment.
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Zlatic, Larisa; Macneilage, Peter; Matyear, Christine L.; Davis, Barbara L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Examines the phonetic characteristics of babbling by a pair of fraternal twins raised in a bilingual environment (English/Serbian). The study focused on the basic articulatory form of babbling, the impact of twinship on babbling patterns, and whether effects specific to one or another of the ambient languages could be observed. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Family Environment