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

In the literature on phonological acquisition certain strategies such as homonymy and reduplication are viewed as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data on homonymy and reduplication from a longitudinal study will be considere...

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Published in:Journal of child language 1990-06, Vol.17 (2), p.267-278
Main Author: ILLEO, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Child, Preschool
Communication disorders
Developmental psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Language
Language Development
Longitudinal Studies
Phonetics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Semantics
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Summary:In the literature on phonological acquisition certain strategies such as homonymy and reduplication are viewed as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data on homonymy and reduplication from a longitudinal study will be considered, which show that: (a) such strategies can appear later in the child's linguistic development than it has been proposed; (b) the lexical item has to be considered a central unit, beyond the earliest stages, in the acquisition of phonology.
ISSN:0305-0009
1469-7602
DOI:10.1017/S0305000900013763