Yavas, M., Fox-Boyer, A.V. and Schaefer, B. orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-1348 (2018) Patterns in German /ʃC/-cluster acquisition. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 32 (10). pp. 913-931. ISSN 0269-9206
Abstract
This study reports on the developmental patterns of /ʃC/ clusters in 145 normally developing monolingual German-speaking children between 2;00 and 2;11. All children completed a picture naming task to allow a systematic qualitative analysis of the production patterns. Children’s reductions of target /ʃC/clusters are examined and are evaluated with respect to two models, ‘factorial typology’ and ‘headedness’, to account for them. The results reveal expected patterns of C2 retention for ‘/ʃ/+[−continuant]’ (e.g. ‘/ʃ/+stop’ and ‘/ʃ/+nasal’) targets, and a rather indeterminate pattern for /ʃl/ and /ʃʁ/. The results for /ʃv/, a clear-cut preference of C2 retention, were rather unexpected, as the C2 is a [+continuant]. The explanation offered for the retention of /v/ is related to a place constraint. The study also examines the data from children who reached an advanced stage of cluster formation with differential targets. More specifically, in several children, one target, /ʃv/, is found to have stayed behind in the reduction phase while all others have advanced to the ‘cluster stage’. Neither the type nor the token frequencies seem satisfactory in accounting for the specific behaviour of /ʃv/. The explanation offered for the uniqueness of this target may be its non-abidence to the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP) because of its flat sonority and the Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) [continuant], because of the unchanging ‘continuance’ which is demanded by the OCP. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | consonant clusters; German; ʃC clusters; 2-year olds; toddlers |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Human Communication Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2018 09:23 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2020 08:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02699206.2018.1469670 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130031 |