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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816885603321

Titolo

Focus on phonological acquisition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by S.J. Hannahs, Martha Young-Scholten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c1997

ISBN

1-283-28016-7

9786613280169

90-272-8170-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Language acquisition & language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

HannahsS. J

Young-ScholtenMartha

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Perception and production in learning to talk / Henning Wode -- Why syntax is different : a UG approach to language disorders in children / Alison Henry -- The role of feature geometry in the development of phonemic contrasts / Cindy Brown & John Matthews -- Consonant harmony in child language / Heather Goad -- Syllable structure parameters and the acquisition of affricates / Conxita LleoĢ & Michael Prinz -- The non-isomorphism of phonological and morphological structure / S.J. Hannahs & Elaine M. Stotko -- Structure preservation in interlanguage phonology / Fred R. Eckman & Gregory K. Iverson -- L2 Spanish spirantization, prosodic domains, and interlanguage rules / Mary L. Zampini -- Metrical parameter missetting in second language acquisition / Joseph Pater -- The acquisition of second language phrasal stress / John Archibald.

Sommario/riassunto

The publication of this edited volume comes at a time when interest in the acquisition of phonology by both children learning a first language and adults learning a second is starting to swell. The ten contributions, from established scholars and relative newcomers alike, provide a comprehensive demonstration of the progress being made in the field through the theory-based analysis of both spontaneous and



experimental acquisition data involving a number of first and second languages including English, French, German, Korean, Polish and Spanish.  Aimed at those active in phonology and its acqui