Conxita Lleó
Biographic Data
| ID | 1538020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conxita Lleó |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conxita |
| FAMILY NAME | Lleó |
| SIGNATURE | LLEÓ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Connecting perception and production in early Catalan–Spanish bilingual children
This study investigates perception and production of the Catalan mid-vowel /e/-/ɛ/ contrast by two groups of 4.5-year-old Catalan–Spanish bilingual children, differing in language dominance. Perception was assessed with an XAB discrimination task involving familiar words and non-words. Production accuracy was measured using a familiar-word elicitation task. Overall, Catalan-dominant bilingual children outperformed Spanish-dominant bilinguals, the…
Weighing factors responsible for the production of the Catalan vowel /ɛ/ versus /e/ contrast in three districts of Barcelona
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This study investigates the sociolinguistic factors associated with the maintenance or loss of the mid-front vowel contrast in the Catalan spoken by Spanish-Catalan bilinguals in three districts of Barcelona. It addresses the following questions. (1) Is the mid-front vowel contrast kept in all the districts under study? Do we find differences across districts and/or age groups? (2) Is an auditory an…
Modeling the outcome of language contact in the speech of German-Spanish and Catalan-Spanish bilingual children
This article focuses on phonological aspects of bilingualism and includes two approaches: internal linguistic and sociolinguistic. The former approach is based on internal variables (markedness, frequency, complexity, uniformity), and the latter on external variables (age, school, family language, language of the peer-group). The article comprises two parts. First, we analyze spontaneous data produced by German-Spanish bilingual children and try …
Research on First Language Acquisition of Spanish Phonology
This paper deals with research on acquisition of Spanish phonology by young children. The beginnings of this discipline are placed within the model of Generative Grammar, at the end of the 1960s. The two main areas of phonology are considered: on the one hand segments, and certain chronological sequences of segment acquisition, and on the other hand prosody, i.e. syllables, stress, intonation and rhythm. The most important issues of acquisition r…
The Acquisition of Prosodic Word Structures in Spanish by Monolingual and Spanish-German Bilingual Children
This article examines the constraints on Prosodic Word production in Spanish by three monolingual and three Spanish-German bilingual children from the beginning of word production until 2;2. It also considers the relationship between Prosodic Words and Phonological Phrases, and in the case of monosyllabic words, it takes into consideration syllable structure (i.e., presence or absence of codas), in order to ascertain the importance of foot binari…
Learning new segments and reducing domains in German L2 phonology
This paper investigates interactions between the prosodic structures of L1 and L2 in second language acquisition. We focus here on a case in which the L1 and L2 are quite different with regard to the role played by the prosodic structures: the acquisition of German by speakers of Spanish. “Demarcating languages” such as German tend to phonologically mark the beginnings and/ or ends of relatively small prosodic constituents, while “Grouping langua…
The acquisition of nuclei
Studies of vowel length acquisition indicate an initial stage in which phonological vowel length is random followed by a stage in which either long vowels (without codas) or short vowels and codas are produced. To determine whether this sequence of acquisition applies to a group of German-speaking children (three children aged 1;3–2;6), monosyllabic and disyllabic words were transcribed and acoustically analysed. The results did not support a sta…
A Phonological Analysis of Schwa in German First Language Acquisition
In this article, two approaches to schwa representation are evaluated using data from four German children (aged 1;3 to 3;1). The first, the No Mora account, claims that schwa is segmentally but not prosodically specified, whereas the second, the Projection account, proposes that schwa is prosodically but only minimally segmentally specified, as [-cons]. The data reveal several stages in acquisition: an early phase characterised by vowel reduplic…
On the interaction of phonological systems in child bilingual acquisition
The role of markedness in the acquisition of complex prosodic structures by German-Spanish bilinguals
A tendency to limit prosodic words(PW) to the size of a metrical foot has often been acknowledged in early stages of acquisition and truncation has been shown to accomplish this size constraint. Interestingly, after the onefoot stage, children acquiring English or Dutch tend to enlargetheir productions by one foot, whereas at least for children acquiring Spanish, a stage, in which PWs comprise a foot preceded by an unfooted syllable, immediately …
Early fillers
With great clarity Ann Peters has summarized the way we have been viewing ‘fillers’ from the time they were considered a nuisance for seriously studying the development of language; the different roles they fulfill, depending on the developmental stage; and important open questions that should bring our understanding of fillers ahead. She notes that the reason for having ignored fillers for quite a while is that ‘they do not fit neatly into lingu…
Consonant clusters in child phonology and the directionality of syllable structure assignment
The production of target consonant clusters at early stages of acquisition is analysed from a phonological representational perspective. The data stem from five normal monolingual German and four normal monolingual Spanish children at ages from 0;9 to 2;1, observed in naturalistic settings. At the beginning stages, target clusters are reduced to a single consonantal position, due to lack of branching of the syllabic constituents. This finding coi…
Empty onsets and branching codas in the evolution of syllable structure in L1
Homonymy and reduplication
In the literature on phonological acquisition certain strategies such as homonymy and reduplication are viewed as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data on homonymy and reduplication from a longitudinal study will be considered, which show that: ( a ) such strategies can appear later in the child's linguistic development than it has been proposed; ( b ) the lexical item has…
Some Optional Rules in Spanish Complementation, towards a Study of the Speaker's Intent
The Acquisition of Prosodic Word Structures in Spanish by Monolingual and Spanish-German Bilingual Children
This article examines the constraints on Prosodic Word production in Spanish by three monolingual and three Spanish-German bilingual children from the beginning of word production until 2;2. It also considers the relationship between Prosodic Words and Phonological Phrases, and in the case of monosyllabic words, it takes into consideration syllable structure (i.e., presence or absence of codas), in order to ascertain the importance of foot binari…
Modeling the outcome of language contact in the speech of German-Spanish and Catalan-Spanish bilingual children
This article focuses on phonological aspects of bilingualism and includes two approaches: internal linguistic and sociolinguistic. The former approach is based on internal variables (markedness, frequency, complexity, uniformity), and the latter on external variables (age, school, family language, language of the peer-group). The article comprises two parts. First, we analyze spontaneous data produced by German-Spanish bilingual children and try …
Some Optional Rules in Spanish Complementation, towards a Study of the Speaker's Intent
Homonymy and reduplication
In the literature on phonological acquisition certain strategies such as homonymy and reduplication are viewed as phenomena appearing at a very early age, resulting from a deficient sound-inventory and sound-distribution. Data on homonymy and reduplication from a longitudinal study will be considered, which show that: ( a ) such strategies can appear later in the child's linguistic development than it has been proposed; ( b ) the lexical item has…
Empty onsets and branching codas in the evolution of syllable structure in L1
Consonant clusters in child phonology and the directionality of syllable structure assignment
The production of target consonant clusters at early stages of acquisition is analysed from a phonological representational perspective. The data stem from five normal monolingual German and four normal monolingual Spanish children at ages from 0;9 to 2;1, observed in naturalistic settings. At the beginning stages, target clusters are reduced to a single consonantal position, due to lack of branching of the syllabic constituents. This finding coi…
Early fillers
With great clarity Ann Peters has summarized the way we have been viewing ‘fillers’ from the time they were considered a nuisance for seriously studying the development of language; the different roles they fulfill, depending on the developmental stage; and important open questions that should bring our understanding of fillers ahead. She notes that the reason for having ignored fillers for quite a while is that ‘they do not fit neatly into lingu…
On the interaction of phonological systems in child bilingual acquisition
The role of markedness in the acquisition of complex prosodic structures by German-Spanish bilinguals
A tendency to limit prosodic words(PW) to the size of a metrical foot has often been acknowledged in early stages of acquisition and truncation has been shown to accomplish this size constraint. Interestingly, after the onefoot stage, children acquiring English or Dutch tend to enlargetheir productions by one foot, whereas at least for children acquiring Spanish, a stage, in which PWs comprise a foot preceded by an unfooted syllable, immediately …
The acquisition of nuclei
Studies of vowel length acquisition indicate an initial stage in which phonological vowel length is random followed by a stage in which either long vowels (without codas) or short vowels and codas are produced. To determine whether this sequence of acquisition applies to a group of German-speaking children (three children aged 1;3–2;6), monosyllabic and disyllabic words were transcribed and acoustically analysed. The results did not support a sta…
A Phonological Analysis of Schwa in German First Language Acquisition
In this article, two approaches to schwa representation are evaluated using data from four German children (aged 1;3 to 3;1). The first, the No Mora account, claims that schwa is segmentally but not prosodically specified, whereas the second, the Projection account, proposes that schwa is prosodically but only minimally segmentally specified, as [-cons]. The data reveal several stages in acquisition: an early phase characterised by vowel reduplic…
Learning new segments and reducing domains in German L2 phonology
This paper investigates interactions between the prosodic structures of L1 and L2 in second language acquisition. We focus here on a case in which the L1 and L2 are quite different with regard to the role played by the prosodic structures: the acquisition of German by speakers of Spanish. “Demarcating languages” such as German tend to phonologically mark the beginnings and/ or ends of relatively small prosodic constituents, while “Grouping langua…
The Acquisition of Prosodic Word Structures in Spanish by Monolingual and Spanish-German Bilingual Children
This article examines the constraints on Prosodic Word production in Spanish by three monolingual and three Spanish-German bilingual children from the beginning of word production until 2;2. It also considers the relationship between Prosodic Words and Phonological Phrases, and in the case of monosyllabic words, it takes into consideration syllable structure (i.e., presence or absence of codas), in order to ascertain the importance of foot binari…
Research on First Language Acquisition of Spanish Phonology
This paper deals with research on acquisition of Spanish phonology by young children. The beginnings of this discipline are placed within the model of Generative Grammar, at the end of the 1960s. The two main areas of phonology are considered: on the one hand segments, and certain chronological sequences of segment acquisition, and on the other hand prosody, i.e. syllables, stress, intonation and rhythm. The most important issues of acquisition r…
Modeling the outcome of language contact in the speech of German-Spanish and Catalan-Spanish bilingual children
This article focuses on phonological aspects of bilingualism and includes two approaches: internal linguistic and sociolinguistic. The former approach is based on internal variables (markedness, frequency, complexity, uniformity), and the latter on external variables (age, school, family language, language of the peer-group). The article comprises two parts. First, we analyze spontaneous data produced by German-Spanish bilingual children and try …
Weighing factors responsible for the production of the Catalan vowel /ɛ/ versus /e/ contrast in three districts of Barcelona
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This study investigates the sociolinguistic factors associated with the maintenance or loss of the mid-front vowel contrast in the Catalan spoken by Spanish-Catalan bilinguals in three districts of Barcelona. It addresses the following questions. (1) Is the mid-front vowel contrast kept in all the districts under study? Do we find differences across districts and/or age groups? (2) Is an auditory an…
Connecting perception and production in early Catalan–Spanish bilingual children
This study investigates perception and production of the Catalan mid-vowel /e/-/ɛ/ contrast by two groups of 4.5-year-old Catalan–Spanish bilingual children, differing in language dominance. Perception was assessed with an XAB discrimination task involving familiar words and non-words. Production accuracy was measured using a familiar-word elicitation task. Overall, Catalan-dominant bilingual children outperformed Spanish-dominant bilinguals, the…
Linguistics (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Language Development and Disorders (12 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (12 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Phonology (8 works) · German (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works)