Consonant-Vowel Co-Occurrence Patterns in Mandarin-Learning Infants

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Li-Mei; Kent, Raymond D.
Titel	Consonant-Vowel Co-Occurrence Patterns in Mandarin-Learning Infants
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 32 (2005) 3, S.507-534 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000905006896
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Vowels; Phonology; Caregivers; Infants; Mandarin Chinese; Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Phonetik; Fonetik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Most studies on CV co-occurrence patterns in early phonetic development have been based on Indo-European languages. Data from infants learning Mandarin, which has a substantially different phonological system from Indo-European languages, can confirm or refute the findings of previous studies, thus shedding further light on the theoretical bases of CV association. Spontaneous vocalizations were recorded in 45-minute sessions for each of 24 Mandarin-learning infants aged 0;7 to 1;6. In addition, the speech production of 24 caregivers was audio-recorded during their natural daily interactions with the infants at home. Both infants' vocalizations and adults' speech were transcribed and analysed for consonant-vowel co-occurrence patterns. These patterns were similar to those in other language groups, but language-specific patterns were evident by 1;0. Combinations of alveolars+front vowels and velars+back vowels confirm Davis & MacNeilage's (1990, 1995) frame-then-content theory and Clements's (1991) model of unified features for consonants and vowels. However, our finding of a language-specific pattern (labials+back vowels) suggests the need to reexamine the "pure frame" of Davis & MacNeilage and Clements's grouping of labials and rounded vowels. (Author).
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