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Acquisition of consonant clusters by Greek-speaking children: Word-initial /s/-stop and stop-/s/ sequences |
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Asimina Syrika - University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Jan Edwards - University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Katerina Nikolaidis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Mary Beckman - Ohio State University
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2007 |
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| - Cross Linguistic Comparison |
| - Language Acquisition |
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The production of consonant clusters is challenging for young children, with clusters typically emerging after correct production of singleton consonants has stabilized. While most research on the acquisition of clusters has focused on English, acquisition in other languages such as Greek is of interest, particularly since Greek has both /s/-stop and stop-/s/ sequences in word-initial position. This study presents preliminary results of a cross-sectional investigation on acquisition of word-initial clusters in Greek. Monolingual Greek-speaking children, aged two through five, repeated word-initial clusters in familiar real words. Productions were recorded and transcribed by a native Greek speaker. Much variability in accuracy was observed across the age range, although /s/-stop clusters were generally more accurate than stop-/s/ clusters. Inspection of the acoustic waveform indicated that children may be producing sequences of two consonants for the stop-/s/ clusters, but that the stop is not always perceived by listeners because it is overlaid on a sustained /s/ production. The clinical implications of these results for teaching children to produce consonant clusters are considered.
Supported by NIDCD grant 02932 to Jan Edwards |
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