Phonological selectivity in the first fifty words of a bilingual child.
This paper examines the phonology of the first 50-word period of a Portuguese-Turkish bilingual child (1;7 - 1;10), with specific reference to selection/avoidance patterns. Results reveal clear patterns of avoidance related to language-independent segmental restrictions (front rounded vowels, back high unrounded vowel, initial fricatives, laterals and consonant clusters), and in some cases, to word/syllable shapes. Results also show lack of synonymy in his productive lexicon and very little variability.
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Linguistics Program, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA. YAVASM@SERVAX.FIU.EDU
D002663:Child Language; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D010700:Phonetics