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Title: | The Relation between Order of Acquisition, Segmental Frequency and Function: The Case of Word-Initial Consonants in Dutch | Authors: | Van Severen, Lieve GILLIS, Joris Molemans, Inge van den Berg, Renate De Maeyer, Sven Gillis, Steven |
Issue Date: | 2013 | Source: | JOURNAL OF CHILD LANGUAGE, 40 (4), p. 703-740 | Abstract: | The impact of input frequency (IF) and functional load (FL) of segments in the ambient language on the acquisition order of word-initial consonants is investigated. Several definitions of IF/FL and their components are computed using a longitudinal corpus of interactions between 30 Dutch-speaking children (age range: 0;6–2;0) and their primary caretaker(s). The corpus study reveals significant correlations between IF/FL and acquisition order. The highest predictive values are found for the token frequency of segments, and for FL computed on minimally different word types in child-directed speech. Although IF and FL significantly correlate, they do have a different impact on the order of acquisition of word initial consonants. When the impact of IF is partialled out, FL still has a significant correlation with acquisition order. The reverse is not true, suggesting that the acquisition of word-initial consonants is mainly influenced by their discriminating function. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/14439 | ISSN: | 0305-0009 | e-ISSN: | 1469-7602 | DOI: | 10.1017/S0305000912000219 | ISI #: | 000322447900001 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2014 |
Appears in Collections: | Research publications |
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