A phonetic approach to consonant repetition in early words

•Consonant repetitions of 10 typically-developing children between 1 and 3 years were analyzed.•Labial and coronal place repetitions dominated.•Regressive repetition occurred frequently in CVC but not in CVCV word forms.•Consonant repetition decreased across time.•A movement-based approach can compr...

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Published in:Infant behavior & development 2015-08, Vol.40 (Aug), p.193-203
Main Authors: Kim, Namhee, Davis, Barbara L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assimilation
Consonant repetition
Consonant sequences
Early words
Movement-based
Phonetic approach
Production system capacities
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Summary:•Consonant repetitions of 10 typically-developing children between 1 and 3 years were analyzed.•Labial and coronal place repetitions dominated.•Regressive repetition occurred frequently in CVC but not in CVCV word forms.•Consonant repetition decreased across time.•A movement-based approach can comprehensively characterize consonant repetition patterns. The goal of this study was to evaluate movement-based principles for understanding early speech output patterns. Consonant repetition patterns within children's actual productions of word forms were analyzed using spontaneous speech data from 10 typically developing American-English learning children between 12 and 36 months of age. Place of articulation, word level patterns, and developmental trends in CVC and CVCV repeated word forms were evaluated. Labial and coronal place repetitions dominated. Regressive repetition (e.g., [gag] for “dog”) occurred frequently in CVC but not in CVCV word forms. Consonant repetition decreased over time. However, the children produced sound types available reported as being within young children's production system capabilities in consonant repetitions in all time periods. Findings suggest that a movement-based approach can provide a framework for comprehensively characterizing consonant place repetition patterns in early speech development.
ISSN:0163-6383
1879-0453
DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.06.002