Phonological Characteristics of Words Young Children Try to Say.

Dobrich, Wanda; Scarborough, Hollis S.

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ERIC Number: EJ452991

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Phonological Characteristics of Words Young Children Try to Say.

Dobrich, Wanda; Scarborough, Hollis S.

Journal of Child Language, v19 n3 p597-616 Oct 1992

To examine the persistence of phonological selectional constraints on young children's lexical choices, the words attempted in the conversational speech of a longitudinal sample of 12 normally developing preschoolers from age 2;0 to 5;0 were scored for syllabic length, presence of consonant clusters, and distribution of constituent phonemes. (29 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Oral Language, Phonemes, Phonology, Preschool Children, Vocabulary, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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