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The acquisition of prosodic marking of narrow focus in Central Swedish
(Journal of Child Language;Volume 49 , Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We investigated how Central Swedish-speaking four-to-eleven year-old children acquire the prosodic marking of narrow focus, compared to adult controls. Three measurements were analysed: placement of the prominence-marking ... -
Cross-linguistic variation in word-initial cluster production in adult and child language: evidence from English and Norwegian
(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, ...