Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system

The acquisition of morphophonological alternations is hardly investigated in phonology (Macken 1995, Bernhardt & Stemberger 1998, Hayes 2004, Kerkhoff 2004). Learnability models of phonological alternations often assume that allophonic variation is easy to learn, as it usually follows from the p...

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Autores principales:	Paula Fikkert, Maria João Freitas
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2006
Materias:	vowel alternations acquisition allophony European Portuguese Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aec9adb931674aafbd2e5e6cdc7470372021-11-27T10:48:55ZAllophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system10.5565/rev/catjl.801695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/aec9adb931674aafbd2e5e6cdc7470372006-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/80https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719The acquisition of morphophonological alternations is hardly investigated in phonology (Macken 1995, Bernhardt & Stemberger 1998, Hayes 2004, Kerkhoff 2004). Learnability models of phonological alternations often assume that allophonic variation is easy to learn, as it usually follows from the phonology of the language (Peperkamp & Dupoux 2002, Hayes 2004). On the other hand, these models assume that allomorphic variation is acquired late and learners often show paradigm uniformity at the early stages of development. In our study of longitudinal data of seven European Portuguese children, aged between 0;11 and 3;7, we investigate the acquisition vowel alternations and show that children start acquiring those very early. In particular, children even seem to distinguish vowels in neutralized context to a large extent. We argue that children acquire the abstract phonological vowel system of European Portuguese very early, precisely because of the large amount of systematic variation in the input. We will provide empirical evidence for the claim that the phonological processes in the language help children to set up the abstract vowel system of European Portuguese.Paula FikkertMaria João FreitasUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlevowel alternationsacquisitionallophonyEuropean PortuguesePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2006)
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description	The acquisition of morphophonological alternations is hardly investigated in phonology (Macken 1995, Bernhardt & Stemberger 1998, Hayes 2004, Kerkhoff 2004). Learnability models of phonological alternations often assume that allophonic variation is easy to learn, as it usually follows from the phonology of the language (Peperkamp & Dupoux 2002, Hayes 2004). On the other hand, these models assume that allomorphic variation is acquired late and learners often show paradigm uniformity at the early stages of development. In our study of longitudinal data of seven European Portuguese children, aged between 0;11 and 3;7, we investigate the acquisition vowel alternations and show that children start acquiring those very early. In particular, children even seem to distinguish vowels in neutralized context to a large extent. We argue that children acquire the abstract phonological vowel system of European Portuguese very early, precisely because of the large amount of systematic variation in the input. We will provide empirical evidence for the claim that the phonological processes in the language help children to set up the abstract vowel system of European Portuguese.
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title	Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system
title_short	Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system
title_full	Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system
title_fullStr	Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system
title_full_unstemmed	Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system
title_sort	allophony and allomorphy cue phonological acquisition: evidence from the european portuguese vowel system
publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
publishDate	2006
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Allophony and Allomorphy Cue Phonological Acquisition: Evidence from the European Portuguese vowel system

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