Homonymy and reduplication: on the extended availability of two strategies in phonological acquisition

Views strategies of homonymy and reduplication as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data from a longitudingal study shows that: (a) such strategies can appear later in the child's linguistic development than it has been p...

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Published in:Journal of child language 1990-06, Vol.17 (Jun 90), p.267-278
Main Author: Lleo, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Infants
Language development
Phonological processing
Strategies
Trilingual infants
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Summary:Views strategies of homonymy and reduplication as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data from a longitudingal study shows that: (a) such strategies can appear later in the child's linguistic development than it has been proposed; and (b) the lexical item has to be considered a central unity, beyond the earliest stages, in the acquisition of phonology. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0305-0009