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ERIC Number: EJ1485987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 35
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0305-0009
EISSN: EISSN-1469-7602
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Singleton Consonant Onset Acquisition in Monolingual Granada Spanish-Speaking Preschoolers with Typical versus Protracted Phonological Development: Impacts of Word Structure and Feature Constraints
Barbara May Bernhardt1; Gabriela Raymond1; Carmen Ávila2; Pablo Cáceres Serrano3; Gloria Carballo2; Dolores Fresneda2; Elvira Mendoza2; Karen Hoang1; Lydia Liu1; Juana Muñoz2; Denisse Pérez4; Joseph P. Stemberger1
Journal of Child Language, v51 n5 p981-1015 2024
While consonant acquisition clearly requires mastery of different articulatory configurations (segments), sub-segmental features and suprasegmental contexts influence both order of acquisition and mismatch (error) patterns (Bérubé, Bernhardt, Stemberger & Ciocca, 2020). Constraints-based nonlinear phonology provides a comprehensive framework for investigating the impact of sub- and suprasegmental impacts on acquisition (Bernhardt & Stemberger, 1998). The current study adopted such a framework in order to investigate these questions for Granada Spanish. Single-word samples of monolingual preschoolers in Granada (29 typically developing; 30 with protracted phonological development) were transcribed by native Spanish speakers in consultation with an international team. Beta regression analyses showed significant effects of age, developmental group, and word structure variables (word length, stress, position of consonants and syllables within the word); salience, markedness and/or frequency across the phonological hierarchy accounted for many patterns. The study further demonstrates the impacts of sub- and suprasegmental constraints of the phonological system on consonant acquisition.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1University of British Columbia; 2University of Granada, Spain; 3Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile; 4University of Valparaíso, Chile