The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers
This study aims at understanding the syllabic status of words written with the initial graphic sequences “es+C” and “ex+C” in European Portuguese, since they violate the Sonority Principle (Selkirk, 1982:116). Having this purpose in mind, we selected some speakers from different age groups and from...
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| description | This study aims at understanding the syllabic status of words written with the initial graphic sequences “es+C” and “ex+C” in European Portuguese, since they violate the Sonority Principle (Selkirk, 1982:116). Having this purpose in mind, we selected some speakers from different age groups and from different dialectal origin. We chose 10 speakers who attended nursery school, the 5th grade and the 9th grade in the area of Oporto and Lisbon. After some images were shown, the speakers were asked to produce and segment the words with the two graphic sequences. Some of the data showed that these sequences may have a different underlying structure and the dialectal traits may be disappearing due to the influence of learning to read and write, since some of the speakers introduced a vowel in the first sequence (“es+C”) and a diphthong in the second sequence (“ex+C”) when segmenting the syllables. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f075ca237af4c57b6ba412d95fa93fc2024-02-13T13:53:16ZengCercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICOCorela1638-573X1110.4000/corela.2660The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese SpeakersHenriques IsabelThis study aims at understanding the syllabic status of words written with the initial graphic sequences “es+C” and “ex+C” in European Portuguese, since they violate the Sonority Principle (Selkirk, 1982:116). Having this purpose in mind, we selected some speakers from different age groups and from different dialectal origin. We chose 10 speakers who attended nursery school, the 5th grade and the 9th grade in the area of Oporto and Lisbon. After some images were shown, the speakers were asked to produce and segment the words with the two graphic sequences. Some of the data showed that these sequences may have a different underlying structure and the dialectal traits may be disappearing due to the influence of learning to read and write, since some of the speakers introduced a vowel in the first sequence (“es+C”) and a diphthong in the second sequence (“ex+C”) when segmenting the syllables.https://journals.openedition.org/corela/2660Phonological awarenessphonological segmentationorthographic knowledgeoral productiondialectal variation |
| spellingShingle | Henriques Isabel The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers Corela Phonological awareness phonological segmentation orthographic knowledge oral production dialectal variation |
| title | The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers |
| title_full | The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers |
| title_fullStr | The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers |
| title_short | The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers |
| title_sort | production and the syllabic nature of word initial sc clusters in european portuguese speakers |
| topic | Phonological awareness phonological segmentation orthographic knowledge oral production dialectal variation |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/corela/2660 |
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