Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Georgetown University, 1999.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-222) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The Development of Prosodic Structure in Early Words; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Phonological theory and prosodic acquisition; Methods; The representation of early syllable-internal structure; The development of syllable-internal structure; The representation of early word-internal structure; The development of word-internal structure; General conclusions and further directions; The segment inventory of Japanese; Notes; References; Author index; Language index; Subject index; The series LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 ty.
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Title
Development of prosodic structure in early words.
International Standard Book Number
9781588114693
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Language acquisition.
Language disorders.
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
Acquisition du langage.
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Psycholinguistics.