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Acquiring phonology : a cross-generational case-study /
"Children often mispronounce words when learning their first language. Is it because they cannot perceive the differences that adults make or is it because they can't produce the sounds involved? Neither hypothesis is sufficient on its own to explain the facts. On the basis of detailed ana...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
124. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Children often mispronounce words when learning their first language. Is it because they cannot perceive the differences that adults make or is it because they can't produce the sounds involved? Neither hypothesis is sufficient on its own to explain the facts. On the basis of detailed analyses of his son's and grandson's development, Neil Smith explains the everyday miracle of one aspect of first language acquisition. Mispronunciations are now attributed to performance rather than to competence, and he argues at length that children's productions are not mentally represented. The study also highlights the constructs of current linguistic theory, arguing for distinctive features and the notion 'onset', and against some of the claims of Optimality Theory and usage-based accounts. Smith provides an important and engaging update to his previous work, The Acquisition of Phonology, building on ideas previously developed and drawing new conclusions with the aid of fresh data."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511769955 0511769954 9780521515870 0521515874 9780511765490 0511765495 1107206480 9781107206489 1107662958 9781107662957 1282637274 9781282637276 9786612637278 6612637277 0511769113 9780511769115 0511766882 9780511766886 0511768273 9780511768279 |