CLA Phonology

consonant cluster

What type of cluster is often simplified in early speech?

prosody

What do children appear to practice in their native language even before producing recognisable words?

use of prosodics

Apart for the word itself and how it is said, what else must children learn to help convey the meaning of a word?

Bellugi and Brown

Who looked at how children failed to pronounce certain sounds but could recognise when someone else got them wrong?

"fis" phenomenon

What is the name of the phonetic phenomenon observed by Berko and Brown

final consonant deletion

If a child loses the / t / in cat or / g/ in dog, what phonological 'mistake' has been made?

final consonant deletion

What term is used to describe a missing consonant at the end of a word?

unstressed syllable deletion

/nana/ and /member/ might be an example of what phonological 'mistake'?

simplification

Unstressed syllable deletion, final consonant deletion and consonant cluster reduction can be define as what?

consonant cluster reduction

"Dress", pronounced /dess/ or /dʒess/ is an example of what phonological 'mistake'?

consonant cluster reduction

"Try", pronounced /tai/ or /tʃai/ is an example of what phonological 'mistake'?

assimilation

What term describes a child using an easier sound to replace a harder one, such as the use of velar consonants in place of alveolars?

assimilation

If a child says gog instead of dog, or wug instead of rug, what phonological 'mistake' is evident?

reduplication

What term describes a child repeating a whole syllable, such as "dada" or "mama"?

addition

If a child includes an extra vowel sound to the end of a word, what phonological 'mistake' is evident?

addition

"Doggie" would be an example of what phonological 'mistake'?

de-voicing

The process of taking the voice out of an phoneme, such as /b/ to produce /p/, is known as what?

voicing

What term defines how children are more likely to voice an unvoiced consonant?

voicing

If a child says "bik" instead of "pig", would phonological term best describes what is happening?

Pamela Grunwell (1987)

Who researched consonant acquisition and identifed a typical order?

/m, n, p, b, t, d, w/ plosives

At age 2, what type of consonant does Pamela Grunwell suggest children acquire first?

/ ð, θ, ʒ/ fricatives

At age 4;6, what type of consonant does Pamela Grunwell suggest children acquire last?