Truncation Without Shape Constraints: The Latter Stages of Prosodic Acquisition.

Kehoe, Margaret M.

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ERIC Number: EJ605125

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Truncation Without Shape Constraints: The Latter Stages of Prosodic Acquisition.

Kehoe, Margaret M.

Language Acquisition, v8 n1 p23-67 1999-2000

Evaluates the claim of uniform size and shape restrictions in prosodic development using a cross-sectional database of English-speaking children's multisyllabic word productions. Suggests children's increasing faithfulness to unstressed syllables can be explained by different constraint rankings that relate to edge alignment, syllable structure, and foot structure. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cross Sectional Studies, Databases, English, Language Acquisition, Oral Language, Phonology, Stress (Phonology), Syllables, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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