Chapter published in:
Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John HarrisEdited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins
[Language Faculty and Beyond 14] 2017
► pp. 189–200
The beginning of the word
Child language data
Eirini Sanoudaki | Bangor University
In this study, we use child language data in order to test the phonological status of the beginning of the word. Working within a strict CV framework, we predict an association between mastery of obstruent clusters word-initially and accurate repetition of non-native consonant clusters in the same position. Using a non-word repetition task, we examine the production of native and non-native consonant clusters in twenty Greek-speaking children aged 4–5 years. Results support our hypothesis and the strict CV view of the beginning of the word.
Keywords: consonant clusters, Greek, phonological acquisition, strict CV, non-word repetition, child language, phonological structure
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Method
- 2.1Task
- 2.2Participants
- 2.3Materials
- 2.4Procedure
- 2.5Data transcription and coding
- 3.Results
- 4.Discussion
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Published online: 30 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.14.c11
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.14.c11
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