Using schema theory to support a whole-word approach to phonological acquisition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12197037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Sowers-Wills (1Department of Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155-191 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognitive Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0936-5907 • E-ISSN: 1613-3641 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/cog-2016-0044 |
| OpenAlex | W2563502529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
Early child phonological acquisition data typically contain exceptional phonetic forms that defy segment-based rules and have long challenged traditional theoretical frameworks. The templatic approach to phonological acquisition claims that whole-word phonotactic patterns emerge as the first primary units of representation, later giving way to segmental knowledge. This approach places importance on the relationships among a child’s forms in addition to those between child forms and their corresponding adult targets. Inscribed within dynamic systems theory, the templatic approach assumes a developing phonological system to be self-organizing and driven by general cognitive processes in response to patterns in the ambient language. This paper analyzes data from a diary study of one monolingual child acquiring American English. Data collected during the first six months of word production were put to templatic analysis, then examined for evidence of schematic structure. Incorporating the chronology of utterances the child produced, analysis revealed varying degrees of abstraction as early patterns integrated with newer patterns. The results reveal schema theory to be an informative supplementary framework for templatic analysis. Schema theory provides a structured way to trace the emergence and interaction of whole-word patterns a child uses to facilitate the production of first words
Linguistics · Natural language processing · Phonology · Phonotactics · Schema (genetic algorithms · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Speech and dialogue systems · Artificial Intelligence
Schema induction and analogical transfer
Basic objects in natural categories
Trajectories of faithfulness in child-specific phonology
One idiosyncratic strategy in the acquisition of phonology
Phonological rules in young children
Geminate template
Lexical-phonological interactions in bilingual children
Rules vs. analogy in English past tenses
First steps toward a usage-based theory of language acquisition
Category overlap and neutralization
Child phonology
Variable paths to early word production
Developmental reorganization of phonology
Phonotactic rules in beginning speech
Phonological development
The A-map model
Words and Sounds in Early Language Acquisition
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |