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ConstraintsinPhonologicalAcquisition
This outstanding volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of linguistic
research into the acquisition of phonology. Bringing together well-known
researchersinthefield,itfocusesonconstraintsinphonologicalacquisition
(as opposed to rules), and offers concrete examples of the formalisation of
phonologicaldevelopmentintermsofconstraintranking.
Thefirsttwochapterssituatetheresearchinitsbroadercontext,withan
introduction by the editors providing a brief general tutorial on Optimality
Theory.Chapter2servestohighlightthehistoryofconstraintsinstudiesof
phonologicaldevelopment,whichpredatestheircurrentascenttoprominence
inphonologicaltheory.Theremainingchaptersaddressanumberofpartially
overlappingthemes:thestudyofchildproductiondataintermsofconstraints,
learnabilityissues,perceptualdevelopmentanditsrelationtothedevelopment
ofproduction,andsecondlanguageacquisition.
rene´ kager isAssociateProfessorofLanguageDevelopmentatUtrecht
University.HisbooksincludeAMetricalTheoryofStressandDestressingin
Dutch(1989),TheProsody-MorphologyInterface(withH.vanderHulstand
W.Zonneveld,Cambridge1999)andOptimalityTheory(Cambridge1999).
joe pater is Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. He has published in a number of journals including Phonology,
LanguageAcquisitionandtheJournalofChildLanguage.
wim zonneveld is Professor of Linguistics and Phonology at Utrecht
University.HeistheauthorofAFormalTheoryofExceptionsinGenerative
Phonology(1978),Klemtoon&MetrischeFonologie(withM.Trommelen,
Coutinho 1989) and Prosody–Morphology Interface (with R. Kager and
H.vanderHulst,Cambridge1999).
Constraints in Phonological
Acquisition
Editedby
Rene´ Kager,JoePater,andWimZonneveld
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Contents
Listofcontributors pagevii
Abbreviations viii
Preface ix
1. Introduction:constraintsinphonologicalacquisition 1
rene´ kager, joe pater, and wim zonneveld
2. Savingthebaby:makingsurethatolddatasurvive
newtheories 54
lise menn
3. Markednessandfaithfulnessconstraintsinchild
phonology 73
amalia gnanadesikan
4. Inputelaboration,headfaithfulness,andevidencefor
representationintheacquisitionofleft-edgeclusters
inWestGermanic 109
heather goad and yvan rose
5. PhonologicalacquisitioninOptimalityTheory:the
earlystages 158
bruce hayes
6. Syllabletypesincross-linguisticanddevelopmental
grammars 204
clara c. levelt and ruben van de vijver
7. Bridgingthegapbetweenreceptiveandproductive
developmentwithminimallyviolableconstraints 219
joe pater
8. Learningphonotacticdistributions 245
alan prince and bruce tesar
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9. EmergenceofUniversalGrammarinforeignword
adaptations 292
shigeko shinohara
10. Theinitialandfinalstates:theoreticalimplicationsand
experimentalexplorationsofRichnessoftheBase 321
lisa davidson, peter jusczyk,
and paul smolensky
11. Childwordstresscompetence:anexperimentalapproach 369
wim zonneveld and dominique nouveau
Indexofsubjects 409
Indexofnames 413
Contributors
lisa davidson DepartmentofCognitiveScience,JohnsHopkins
University
amalia gnanadesikan DepartmentofLinguistics,Universityof
Massachusetts,Amherst
heather goad DepartmentofLinguistics,McGillUniversity
bruce hayes DepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofCalifornia,
LosAngeles
peter jusczyk† DepartmentofPsychology,JohnsHopkinsUniversity
rene´ kager UtrechtInstituteofLinguistics,UtrechtUniversity
clara c. levelt DepartmentofGeneralLinguistics,LeidenUniversity
lise menn DepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofColorado,Boulder
dominique nouveau DepartmentofFrench,UniversityofNijmegen
joe pater DepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst
alan prince DepartmentofLinguistics,RutgersUniversity
yvan rose DepartmentofLinguistics,MemorialUniversityof
Newfoundland
shigeko shinohara CentreNationaldelaRechercheScientifique
paul smolensky DepartmentofCognitiveScience,JohnsHopkins
University
bruce tesar DepartmentofLinguistics,RutgersUniversity
ruben van de vijver Institutfu¨rLinguistik,UniversityofPotsdam
wim zonneveld UtrechtInstituteofLinguistics,UtrechtUniversity
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Abbreviations
BLS PapersfromtheAnnualGeneralMeeting,BerkeleyLinguistics
Society
CLS PapersfromtheAnnualRegionalMeeting,ChicagoLinguistic
Society
IJAL InternationalJournalofAmericanLinguistics
JASA JournaloftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica
JL JournalofLinguistics
JPh JournalofPhonetics
Lg Language
LI LinguisticInquiry
NELS PapersfromtheAnnualMeetingoftheNorthEastLinguistic
Society
NLLT NaturalLanguageandLinguisticTheory
WCCFL ProceedingsoftheWestCoastConferenceofFormalLinguistics
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Description:Bringing together well-known researchers, this collection of essays focuses on constraints in phonological acquisition. The first two chapters review the research in its broader context, including an introduction by the editors that provides a concise tutorial on Optimality Theory. The remaining cha
