Acquiring Phonology

Author : Neil Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139484725

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Children often mispronounce words when learning their first language. Is it because they cannot perceive the differences that adults make or is it because they can't produce the sounds involved? Neither hypothesis is sufficient on its own to explain the facts. On the basis of detailed analyses of his son's and grandson's development, Neil Smith explains the everyday miracle of one aspect of first-language acquisition. Mispronunciations are now attributed to performance rather than to competence, and he argues at length that children's productions are not mentally represented. The study also highlights the constructs of current linguistic theory, arguing for distinctive features and the notion 'onset' and against some of the claims of Optimality Theory and Usage-based accounts. Smith provides an important and engaging update to his previous work, The Acquisition of Phonology, building on ideas previously developed and drawing new conclusions with the aid of fresh data.

Author : Neil Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521515870

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Using detailed analyses of cross-generational case studies, Smith explains the acquisition of language phonology by children.

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291394

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Phonology and Second Language Acquisition by Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini Pdf

This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. In addition, it spans both theory and application in L2 phonology. The book is divided into three parts, with each section unified by broad thematic content: Part I, “Theoretical Issues and Frameworks in L2 Phonology,” lays the groundwork for examining L2 phonological acquisition. Part II, “Second Language Speech Perception and Production,” examines these two aspects of L2 speech in more detail. Finally, Part III, “Technology, Training, and Curriculum,” bridges the gap between theory and practice. Each chapter examines theoretical frameworks, major research findings (both classic and recent), methodological issues and choices for conducting research in a particular area of L2 phonology, and major implications of the research findings for more general models of language acquisition and/or pedagogy.

Author : Sarah Schmidt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640180530

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Examination Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Department of Anglophone Studies), language: English, abstract: This critical essay investigates the acquisition of phonology. It is amazing how rapidly children develop in the first years of their lives. The acquisition of their mother tongue is especially fascinating because it is such a complex process. Not only the linguistic code has to be fully acquired but also all its rules and norms. That is, apart from the language's phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, - constituting the code of every language -pragmatic rules are also important for the daily use and the full dominance of a language. This essay focuses on the most basic field, phonology, and explains how a child acquires the target language's phonology. Although the stages of the acquisition process are described generally since they are universal and hold true for all children independently of their mother tongue, the attention is on the English phonology in particular. First language acquisition in general is an important topic, not only for linguists. To have knowledge about it also helps the parents to raise children, especially in bilingual situations. I, myself, consider it very useful to write about such a topic as one can learn to understand what and how many stages and steps are actually involved. If we know how it works, perhaps we may also understand why children initially make errors or quite unusual utterances or even extraordinary sounds (in the pre-language stages) while acquiring the native language. The essay will provide information about the whole acquisition process. However, the main focus will be on the first four to six years.

Author : Barbara L. Davis,Lisa M. Bedore
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135067786

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An Emergence Approach to Speech Acquisition by Barbara L. Davis,Lisa M. Bedore Pdf

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors for communicating ideas through language and producing speech. A child’s acquisition of phonology is seen as a product of her physical and social interaction capacities supported by input from adult models about ambient language sound patterns. Acquisition of phonological knowledge and behavior is a product of this function-oriented complex system. No pre-existing mental knowledge base is necessary for acquiring phonology in this view. Importantly, the child’s diverse abilities are used for many other functions as well as phonological acquisition. Throughout, an evaluation is made of the research on patterns of typical development across languages in monolingual and bilingual children and children with speech impairments affecting various aspects of their developing complex system. Also considered is the status of available theoretical perspectives on phonological acquisition relative to an emergence proposal, and contributions that this perspective could make to more comprehensive modeling of the nature of phonological acquisition are proposed. The volume will be of interest to cognitive psychologists, linguistics, and speech pathologists.

Author : Anne-Michelle Tessier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137543066

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Phonological Acquisition by Anne-Michelle Tessier Pdf

In this comprehensive introduction, Anne-Michelle Tessier examines how we acquire the sounds and sound patterns of language. Analyzing child speech patterns and their analogues among adult languages while also teaching the basics of Optimality Theory, this novel textbook will help students develop a broad grammatical understanding of phonological acquisition. Phonological Acquisition provides - Evidence to support theory from multiple language families, populations and data collection methods - Connections to lexical, morphological and perceptual learning Assuming only a basic knowledge of phonology, this textbook is aimed at students of linguistics, developmental psychology, speech pathology and communication disorders. It will also be of interest to professional psychologists, acquisition researchers, clinicians, and anyone concerned with child speech development.

Author : S.J. Hannahs,Martha Young-Scholten
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027281708

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Focus on Phonological Acquisition by S.J. Hannahs,Martha Young-Scholten Pdf

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 acquisition, yet written to be accessible to the non-specialist as well, the volume carefully lays out the various theoretical frameworks in which the authors work such as Feature Geometry, Lexical Phonology, Non-Linear Phonology, Prosodic Phonology, and Optimality Theory.

Author : S. J. Hannahs,Martha Young-Scholten
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027224828

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Focus on Phonological Acquisition by S. J. Hannahs,Martha Young-Scholten Pdf

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 acquisition, yet written to be accessible to the non-specialist as well, the volume carefully lays out the various theoretical frameworks in which the authors work such as Feature Geometry, Lexical Phonology, Non-Linear Phonology, Prosodic Phonology, and Optimality Theory.

Author : René Kager,Joe Pater,Wim Zonneveld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139450195

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Constraints in Phonological Acquisition by René Kager,Joe Pater,Wim Zonneveld Pdf

This outstanding 2004 volume presents an overview of linguistic research into the acquisition of phonology. Bringing together well-known researchers in the field, it focuses on constraints in phonological acquisition (as opposed to rules), and offers concrete examples of the formalization of phonological development in terms of constraint ranking. The first two chapters situate the research in its broader context, with an introduction by the editors providing a brief general tutorial on Optimality Theory. Chapter two serves to highlight the history of constraints in studies of phonological development, which predates their current ascent to prominence in phonological theory. The remaining chapters address a number of partially overlapping themes: the study of child production data in terms of constraints, learnability issues, perceptual development and its relation to the development of production, and second-language acquisition.

Author : John Archibald
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317781271

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Phonological Acquisition and Phonological Theory by John Archibald Pdf

Much of the work currently conducted within the framework of Universal Grammar and language learnability focuses on the acquisition of syntax. However, the learnability issues are just as applicable to the domain of phonology. This volume is the first to gather research that assumes a sophisticated phonological framework and considers the implications of this framework for language acquisition -- both first and second. As such, this book truly deals with phonological acquisition rather than phonetic acquisition.

Author : Neilson Voyne Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 0511765495

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Acquiring Phonology by Neilson Voyne Smith Pdf

Author : Marilyn M. Vihman,Tamar Keren-Portnoy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107433717

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The Emergence of Phonology by Marilyn M. Vihman,Tamar Keren-Portnoy Pdf

How well have classic ideas on whole-word phonology stood the test of time? Waterson claimed that each child has a system of their own; Ferguson and Farwell emphasized the relative accuracy of first words; Menn noted the occurrence of regression and the emergence of phonological systematicity. This volume brings together classic texts such as these with current data-rich studies of British and American English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, French, Japanese, Polish and Spanish. This combination of classic and contemporary work from the last thirty years presents the reader with cutting-edge perspectives on child language by linking historical approaches with current ideas such as exemplar theory and usage-based phonology, and contrasting state-of-the-art perspectives from developmental psychology and linguistics. This is a valuable resource for cognitive scientists, developmentalists, linguists, psychologists, speech scientists and therapists interested in understanding how children begin to use language without the benefit of language-specific innate knowledge.

Author : Neilson V. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1973-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521201544

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The Acquisition of Phonology by Neilson V. Smith Pdf

Originally published in 1973, this book is an account of how the child learns the sound system of his native language, or how he learns to speak. A theory of the acquisition of phonology is derived from a detailed and rigorous analysis of the developing speech of a young child observed over a period of two years. The details of this analysis are elaborated in depth in chapters two and three and the major results of the study are given in chapter four. The final chapter is devoted to the implications of language acquisition for linguistic theory in general and generative phonology in particular. In addition to the obvious relevance of this work to general linguists and psychologists working on language acquisition, it was of considerable importance to speech therapists and all those involved medically with the observation and treatment of infant speech, in that it provided a characterisation of normal development which could act as a yardstick by which to measure abnormal or pathological conditions.

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441140586

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Acquiring a Non-Native Phonology by Jette G. Hansen Edwards Pdf

This is a study of the phonological development of a family of L2 English learners. It is the first full-length book that focuses on a tightly-knit group of learners' acquisition of phonology over a longitudinal timeframe, and the first book to study both social and linguistic factors across that time period. Jette G. Hansen analyses this data gathered from actual language learners in the light of recent theory, as well as challenging aspects of current thinking on the subject of second language acquisition. Acquiring a Non-Native Phonology therefore makes an important and original contribution to the field and provides an in-depth analysis and discussion of the developmental processes in acquiring a non-native sound system which has not previously been presented. The book is aimed at academics interested in second language acquisition, and researchers studying phonology in general.

Author : Janusz Arabski,Adam Wojtaszek
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847693754

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The Acquisition of L2 Phonology by Janusz Arabski,Adam Wojtaszek Pdf

The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which explores various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. It covers L2 speech production and perception, theoretical conceptualisations of L2 phonology acquisition, and the importance of the mastery of highly intelligible pronunciation as an important component of L2 education.