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Peer reviewedHua, Zhu; Dodd, Barbara – Journal of Child Language, 2000
Describes the phonological acquisition of 129 monolingual Putonghua-speaking children, aged 1.6 to 4.6 years. Children's errors suggested that Putonghua-speaking children master four elements of Putonghua syllables in this order: (1) tones; (2) syllable-initial consonants; (3) vowels; and (4) syllable-final consonants. Suggests that the saliency…
Descriptors: Child Language, Error Analysis (Language), Language Acquisition, Mandarin Chinese
