Variability in a German-Speaking Child as Viewed from a Constraint-Based Nonlinear Phonology Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19502284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Ullrich, Joseph Paul Stemberger (0000-0002-3901-267X), Barbara May Bernhardt (0000-0001-7209-1122) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 221-237 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-3286 • E-ISSN: 2058-0967 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/136132808805335536 |
| OpenAlex | W1980438044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper provides an overview of constraint-based nonlinear phonological theories (Bernhardt & Stemberger, 1998) in clinical application to German. Tenets of the theories are briefly introduced, and then illustrated with longitudinal data from a 3-year-old German-speaking child with variable and protracted phonological development. The child's consonant system showed both improvement and regression over time. Fricatives and /l/ decreased in accuracy and prevalence over time, whereas dorsal (velar) stops increased in accuracy and prevalence over time, replacing both /l/ and fricatives. The analysis proposes that the child showed an unusual ranking of constraints in which the feature [Dorsal] (velar) became a secondary default place feature whenever the global default [Coronal] place feature was ruled out by other constraints. The relevance of these data is discussed for variants of constraint-based theories
Cognitive psychology · Consonant · German · Linguistics · Nonlinear system · Optimality theory · Phonology · Political science · Speech recognition · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |