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Some aspects of child phonology in imitative and spontaneous speech*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Laurence B. Leonard ,
Richard G. Schwartz ,
M. Karen Folger  and
M. Jeanne Wilcox
Laurence B. Leonard
Affiliation:
Memphis State University
Richard G. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Memphis State University
M. Karen Folger
Affiliation:
Memphis State University
M. Jeanne Wilcox
Affiliation:
Memphis State University
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Abstract

Child phonologists have made varying assumptions concerning the nature of phonological characteristics of children's imitative utterances and their relationship to the characteristics of spontaneous utterances. This study examined this relationship in children in early Stage I. A task was devised which permitted an inspection of children's unsolicited imitations of nonsense words reflecting syllabic shapes and consonants in and out of the child's phonological system. The results are discussed with respect to production constraints, phonological idioms, and selection and avoidance rules operative in imitative speech during this period of development. The findings indicated that while these imitative utterances were subject to the same production constraints they were not subject to the same selection and avoidance rules operative in spontaneous speech.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , October 1978 , pp. 403 - 415
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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