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Vihman, Marilyn May; Ota, Mitsuhiko; Keren-Portnoy, Tamar; Choo, Rui Qi; Lou, Shanshan – Language Learning and Development, 2023
Phonological models of early word learning often assume that child forms can be understood as structural mappings from their adult targets. In contrast, the whole-word phonology model suggests that on beginning word production children represent adult targets as holistic units, reflecting not the exact sound sequence but only the most perceptually…
Descriptors: Phonology, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics