Prosodic Structure in Child Speech Planning and Production
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چکیده
English-speaking children have acquired phrasefinal lengthening by the age of 2, but other aspects of prosodic organization appear to be later acquired. This study investigated 2-year-olds’ prosodic organization of function words in an elicited imitation task. In particular, we wanted to know if children would prosodify pronouns 1) as part of a trochaic foot with the preceding word, or 2) as a separate prosodic word. The results showed that the function word was produced as an independent prosodic unit, in contrast to the adult model being imitated. Implications for a developmental model of speech planning and production are discussed.
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