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Our investigation aimed at establishing the assimilatory processes employed by Ibibio children of 2 ½ to 4 ½ years in trying to attain the adult target or forms. We tested our subjects on 12 phonetic vowels [e-?-i-u-a-o-?1-?-?-?-?-o1] and 21 phonetic consonants: [?-w-?-t-f-p-m-n-kp-s-k-d-b-j-R-d1-?-t1-d2-?-b1]. We used 50 subjects for our work (25 males and 25 females), using imitation method of data collection. They all come from Western Itam community of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. Our study reveals the following assimilatory processes in Ibibio children’s speech: homorganic nasal assimilation, nasalisation, voicing, labialisation, etc. Among the assimilatory processes in the subjects’ speech, the most predominant among the vowels is the homorganic nasal assimilation, while voicing is the most common among the consonants.
Funding Source: Self Sponsorship |
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