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Peer reviewedSchwartz, Richard G.; Goffman, Lisa – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
This study examined the influence of metrical patterns (syllable stress and serial position) of words on the production accuracy of 20 children (ages 22 months to 28 months). Among results were that one-fourth of the initial unstressed syllables were omitted and that consonant omissions, though few, tended to occur in the initial position.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Consonants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLevey, Sandra; Schwartz, Richard G. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2002
A study examined the ability of 10 two-year-olds to produce minimal pairs of novel trisyllabic words with primary stress on the first or second syllables. The syllables contained dissimilar or similar vowel contrasts to determine if segments affected omission. Omission was more frequent for the first syllable of weak-strong-weak word pairs.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Disorders, Error Analysis (Language), Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Richard G.; Leonard, Laurence B. – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Examines within an experimental paradigm phonological selection and avoidance patterns of infants and discusses the role of these patterns in early lexical acquisition. (EKN)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Bias, Child Language, Infants
Download full textSchwartz, Richard G.; Folger, M. Karen – 1977
This study proposes that children's phonological behavior at Stage VI of sensorimotor development may show markedly decreased variability compared to children at Stage V. According to Piaget, sensorimotor development during Stage VI is distinguished from preceding stages by the onset of representational ability and ability to form mental…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
