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Anderson, Raquel; Smith, Bruce L. – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Phonetic and phonological analysis of spontaneous speech of six 2-year-old monolingual Puerto Rican Spanish-learning children revealed several sound usage patterns similar to those found in English and other language-learning children, supporting the claim that certain universal patterns exist in phonological development. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition

Cziko, Gary A.; Koda, Keiko – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Investigation of use of stative, process, punctual, and non-punctual verbs by a child acquiring Japanese as a first language found that sampled present progressive verb forms occurred with process verbs while these forms were never used with stative verbs. Most omissions of present progressive forms occurred with the early use of "mixed"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis