The Acquisition of Tonic and Pre-Tonic Vowels in Brazilian Portuguese

This study presents the acquisition of the tonic and pre-tonic vowels in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) by three children aged from 1;0 to 3;5, assuming the Contrastive Hierarchy Theory (CHT) (Dresher 2003, 2009). We address three issues regarding acquisition within the CHT: variability, phonological pro...

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Main Author: Graziela Pigatto Bohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/article/id/5651/