The Phonology of Children's Early Words: Trends, Individual Variation, and Parents' Accommodation in Child-Directed Speech

The mental lexicon is dynamic and changes throughout the lifespan, but how does it begin? Previous research has established that children's first words depend on their communicative needs, but also on their phonetic repertoire and phonological preferences. In this paper, we focus on the phonolo...

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Main Authors: Nina Gram Garmann, Pernille Hansen, Hanne Gram Simonsen, Kristian Emil Kristoffersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00010/full