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Patterns of early lexical and phonological development*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Carol Stoel-Gammon  and
Judith A. Cooper
Carol Stoel-Gammon
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Judith A. Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Abstract

This paper presents a detailed analysis of early lexical and phonological development in three children. The study covers the period from late babbling through the acquisition of 50 conventional words and focuses on: (1) the relationship between prelinguistic and linguistic vocalizations; (2) phonological development after the onset of speech; (3) patterns of lexical selection; (4) rate of lexical acquisition; and (5) use of invented words. The findings reveal that while the prelinguistic utterances of the children were similar, there was extensive inter-subject variation after the onset of meaningful speech, particularly in the segmental and syllabic forms of word productions, patterns of lexical selection, rate of lexical acquisition, and use of invented words.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 247 - 271
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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Footnotes

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A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the Second International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 1981. Address for correspondence: C. Stoel-Gammon, Department of Communication Disorders and Speech Science, Campus Box 409, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.

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