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The a-map model: Articulatory reliability in child-specific phonology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Tara McAllister Byun,
Sharon Inkelas and
Yvan Rose
Tara McAllister Byun*
Affiliation:
New York University
Sharon Inkelas*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Yvan Rose*
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland
*
Byun, Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, 665 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012 [tara.byun@nyu.edu]
Byun, Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, 665 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012 [tara.byun@nyu.edu]
Byun, Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, 665 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012 [tara.byun@nyu.edu]
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Abstract

This article addresses a phenomenon of long-standing interest: the existence of child-specific phonological patterns that are not attested in adult language. We propose a new theoretical approach, termed the A(RTICULATORY)-MAP model, to account for the origin and elimination of child-specific phonological patterns. Due to the performance limitations imposed by structural and motor immaturity, children’s outputs differ from adult target forms in both systematic and sporadic ways. The computations of the child’s grammar are influenced by the distributional properties of motor-acoustic traces of previous productions, stored in episodic memory and indexed in the eponymous A-map. We propose that child phonological patterns are shaped by competition between two essential forces: the pressure to match adult productions of a given word (even if the attempt is likely to fail due to performance limitations), and the pressure to attempt a pronunciation that can be realized reliably (even if phonetically inaccurate). These forces are expressed in the grammar by two constraints that draw on the motor-acoustic detail stored in the A-map. These constraints are not child-specific, but remain present in the adult grammar, although their influence is greatly attenuated as a wide range of motor plans come to be realized with a similar degree of reliability. The A-map model thus not only offers an account of a problematic phenomenon in development, but also provides a mechanism to model motor-grammar interactions in adult speech, including in cases of acquired speech impairment.

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A-mapphonologyacquisitionsensorimotor mappingspeech articulationaccuracyprecision

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Language , Volume 92 , Issue 1 , March 2016, pp. 141 - 178
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