The Development of Prosodic Structure in Early Words: Continuity, divergence and change - Couverture rigide

Ota, Mitsuhiko

 
9789027252937: The Development of Prosodic Structure in Early Words: Continuity, divergence and change
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027252939 ISBN 13 : 9789027252937
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

This monograph addresses three basic questions regarding the development of word-internal prosodic structure: How much of the phonological structure of early words is regulated by the same constituents and principles that govern the organization of prosodic structure of mature grammar? Why do early words diverge from the adult targets in shape and size? And what is the best way to model developmental changes that occur in prosodic structure? Answers to these questions are explored through the longitudinal analysis of spontaneous production data from child Japanese. The analysis provides new types of evidence and new arguments that the prosodic phonology of young children is largely continuous with that of adults, and that the surface child-adult divergence in word forms and the overall pattern of developmental changes are best explained in terms of ranked violable constraints on the representation of prosodic structure, whose ordering is modified in the course of acquisition.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This monograph addresses three basic questions regarding the development of word-internal prosodic structure: How much of the phonological structure of early words is regulated by the same constituents and principles that govern the organization of prosodic structure of mature grammar? Why do early words diverge from the adult targets in shape and size? And what is the best way to model developmental changes that occur in prosodic structure? Answers to these questions are explored through the longitudinal analysis of spontaneous production data from child Japanese. The analysis provides new types of evidence and new arguments that the prosodic phonology of young children is largely continuous with that of adults, and that the surface child-adult divergence in word forms and the overall pattern of developmental changes are best explained in terms of ranked violable constraints on the representation of prosodic structure, whose ordering is modified in the course of acquisition.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027252939
ISBN 13 
9789027252937
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
234
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1588114694 ISBN 13 :  9781588114693
Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 2003
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