Comparative Study of Children's and Adults' Acquisition of Tone Accents in Swedish.

Schmid, Beata

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Publication Date: 1986

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Comparative Study of Children's and Adults' Acquisition of Tone Accents in Swedish.

Schmid, Beata

Language Learning, v36 n2 p185-210 Jun 1986

A study compared the Swedish tone accent acquisition of native-speaking children (N=2) and nonnative speaking college students (N=12). Both groups overgeneralized one pitch pattern to all bisyllabic words. Children used "Accent 2" (two-peaked) and adults "Accent 1" (one-peaked), analogous to the prevailing patterns of their native language. (CB)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Swedish, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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