Chapter 3
Acquisition
Assignment 2
A 2–3 year old boy acquiring Finnish Sign Language uses the -hand:
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instead of the -hand in mother, boy;
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instead of the -hand in broken;
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instead of the -hand in binoculars.
What do you call this process in phonological acquisition?
This is called phonological substitution. The -hand is far more frequent and easier to articulate than the target handshapes in the signs the child was using.