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Sound change: A phonemic split in a misarticulating child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Judith A. Gierut
Judith A. Gierut*
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Indiana University
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Judith A. Gierut, Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report a clinically induced phonemic split (i.e., the restructuring of allophones as distinct phonemes) by presenting longitudinal data from a functionally misarticulating child. For this child, three qualitatively and quantitatively distinct stages were observed relative to the acquisition of the phonemic split:1. complementary distribution (allophones of the same phoneme);2. position-specific free variation (intermediate to a phonemic split); and3. phonemic distinction for some, but not all morphemes (phonemic split).

The results of this clinical case study, documenting the nature and development of a phonemic split, have implications for related phenomena in normal language acquisition, second-language learning, and sound change in primary languages.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1986, pp. 57 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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