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Toddlers' Processing of Phonological Alternations: Early Compensation for Assimilation in English and French

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Title: Toddlers' Processing of Phonological Alternations: Early Compensation for Assimilation in English and French
Language: English
Authors: Skoruppa, Katrin, Mani, Nivedita, Peperkamp, Sharon
Source: Child Development. Jan-Feb 2013 84(1):313-330.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Toddlers, Language Processing, Phonology, Pictorial Stimuli, Word Recognition, English, Language Acquisition, French, Connected Discourse, Speech, Foreign Countries, Nouns, Coding, Cross Cultural Studies
Geographic Terms: France, United Kingdom
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01845.x
ISSN: 0009-3920
Abstract: Using a picture pointing task, this study examines toddlers' processing of phonological alternations that trigger sound changes in connected speech. Three experiments investigate whether 2;5- to 3-year-old children take into account assimilations--processes by which phonological features of one sound spread to adjacent sounds--for the purpose of word recognition (e.g., in English, "ten pounds" can be produced as "te[mp]ounds"). English toddlers ("n" = 18) show sensitivity to native place assimilations during lexical access in Experiment 1. Likewise, French toddlers ("n" = 27) compensate for French voicing assimilations in Experiment 2. However, French toddlers ("n" = 27) do not take into account a hypothetical non-native place assimilation rule in Experiment 3, suggesting that compensation for assimilation is already language specific. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 61
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1010000
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Using a picture pointing task, this study examines toddlers' processing of phonological alternations that trigger sound changes in connected speech. Three experiments investigate whether 2;5- to 3-year-old children take into account assimilations--processes by which phonological features of one sound spread to adjacent sounds--for the purpose of word recognition (e.g., in English, "ten pounds" can be produced as "te[mp]ounds"). English toddlers ("n" = 18) show sensitivity to native place assimilations during lexical access in Experiment 1. Likewise, French toddlers ("n" = 27) compensate for French voicing assimilations in Experiment 2. However, French toddlers ("n" = 27) do not take into account a hypothetical non-native place assimilation rule in Experiment 3, suggesting that compensation for assimilation is already language specific. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.)
ISSN:0009-3920
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01845.x