Direction of Assimilation in Child Consonant Harmony

Pater, Joe; Werle, Adam

doi:10.1353/cjl.2004.0033

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“…All stops were coded as P, fricatives as F, nasals as N, liquids as L and glides as G (see Pater and Werle, 2003;Fikkert and Levelt, 2008, for a similar method). The coding always referred to the form that was actually produced.…”

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The acquisition of the stop-fricative contrast in perception and production

Altvater‐Mackensen

Fikkert

2010

Lingua

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The acquisition of the stop-fricative contrast in perception and production

Altvater‐Mackensen

Fikkert

2010

Lingua

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“…An under specification analysis does not explain which consonant would be repeated if the target word contained two specified categories, such as labial and dorsal. Pater and Werle (2003) analyzed one English-learning child's speech output between 1; 5 and 2; 2 within an Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 2004) framework. They proposed that consonant repetition occurs because representation-level constraints for place are re-ranked over time in a hierarchy of coronals < labials < dorsals to target word accuracy.…”

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A phonetic approach to consonant repetition in early words

Kim

Davis

2015

Infant Behavior and Development

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“…These faithfulness constraints are essentially the ones used by Pater & Werle (2003) in their analysis of Trevor's consonant harmony.…”

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Trajectories of faithfulness in child-specific phonology

Becker

Tessier

2011

Phonology

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This paper provides new evidence and analysis of gradual and U-shaped phonological learning. Using a rich longitudinal corpus from Trevor (Compton & Streeter 1977, Pater 1997b we demonstrate that some of Trevor's consonant harmony follows a statistically significant U-shaped trajectory, in contrast to the more typical S-shaped progression of his complex onsets. We then analyse these two developmental paths using an OT model of phonological acquisition (Hayes , in which the learner's variation within and across stages is the effect of stored old productions rather than a variable grammar. The decrease in Trevor's faithfulness to place of articulation due to consonant harmony is attributed to the induction of a new constraint during the course of learning. Our analysis is paired with a computational implementation, showing how competition between old forms and the current grammar allows the model to derive both S-shaped and U-shaped patterns.

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Direction of Assimilation in Child Consonant Harmony

Cited by 35 publications

References 31 publications

The acquisition of the stop-fricative contrast in perception and production

The acquisition of the stop-fricative contrast in perception and production

A phonetic approach to consonant repetition in early words

Trajectories of faithfulness in child-specific phonology

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