• Cross-linguistic variation in word-initial cluster production in adult and child language: evidence from English and Norwegian 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Holm, Elisabeth; Post, Brechtje; Payne, Elinor (Journal of Child Language;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-28)
      Young children simplify word initial consonant clusters by omitting or substituting one (or both) of the elements. Vocalic insertion, coalescence and metathesis are said to be used more seldom (McLeod, van Doorn & Reed, ...
    • Parental Report via a Mobile App in the Context of Early Language Trajectories: StarWords Study Protocol 

      Miezskowska, Karolina; Krajewski, Grzegorz; Sobota, Krzysztof; Dynak, Agnieszka; Kolak, Joanna; Krysztofiak, Magdalena; Lukomska, Barbara; Łuniewska, Magdalena; Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Alcock, Katie; Katsos, Napoleon; Haman, Ewa (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 19 / Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-05)
      Social sciences researchers emphasize that new technologies can overcome the limitations of small and homogenous samples. In research on early language development, which often uses parental reports, taking the testing ...
    • The phonology of children's early words: Trends, individual variation, and parents' accomodation in child-directed speech 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Kristoffersen, Kristian Emil (Frontiers in Communication;March 2019 | Volume 4 | Article 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-19)
      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 ...
    • Vocalic Intrusions in Consonant Clusters in Child-Directed vs. Adult-Directed Speech 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Hansen, Pernille; Simonsen, Hanne Gram; Holm, Elisabeth; Tengesdal, Eirik; Post, Brechtje; Payne, Elinor (Frontiers in Psychology;July 2021 | Volume 12 | Article 688002, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-19)
      In this paper, we investigate a prosodic-phonetic feature in child-directed speech within a dynamic, complex, interactive theoretical framework. We focus on vocalic intrusions, commonly occurring in Norwegian word initial ...