The prosodic (re)organization of children's early English articles.
The prosodic (re)organization of children's early English articles.
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儿童早期英语文章的韵律（重新）组织。
DOI：
10.1017/s0305000908008921
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
McCullough,Elizabeth
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作者：
Demuth,Katherine;McCullough,Elizabeth
长期以来，研究者一直对儿童的语法词素省略现象感到困惑，通常将其归因于缺乏语义或句法能力。最近的研究表明，这种变化可能是由于语音的限制。本文通过对五名1 - 2奥尔兹儿童英语冠词习得的纵向研究，进一步探讨了这一问题。研究发现，大多数儿童更有可能生产的文章时，这些可以产生的一部分，一个双音节的脚。然而，声学分析显示，一个孩子最初产生的所有文章作为独立的韵律词。这些研究结果证实，一些变量生产的文章是有条件的限制儿童的早期语音，韵律许可假说提供了进一步的支持。它们对我们理解句法知识的产生也具有重要意义。
Researchers have long been puzzled by children's variable omission of grammatical morphemes, often attributing this to a lack of semantic or syntactic competence. Recent studies suggest that some of this variability may be due to phonological constraints. This paper explored this issue further by conducting a longitudinal study of five English-speaking one- to two-year-olds' acquisition of articles. It found that most children were more likely to produce articles when these could be produced as part of a disyllabic foot. However, acoustic analysis revealed that one child initially produced all articles as independent prosodic words. These findings confirm that some of the variable production of articles is conditioned by constraints on children's early phonologies, providing further support for the Prosodic Licensing Hypothesis. They also hold important implications for our understanding of the emergence of syntactic knowledge.