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Publication Date: 1996
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Intuitive Syllabification: Universals and Language Specific Constraints.
Gillis, Steven; De Schutter, Georges
Journal of Child Language, v23 n3 p487-514 Oct 1996
Investigated whether children's syllabification of Dutch disyllabic words with a single intervocalic consonant adhered to the universal principles of syllable structure and whether these syllabifications witnessed an overruling of the universal phonological constraints by language-specific ones. Results indicate that universal principles explain the syllabifications. (38 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Dutch, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Language Patterns, Language Universals, Phonology, Speech Acts, Stress (Phonology), Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syllables, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Visual Stimuli, Vowels
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Language: English
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