Geminate template: A model for first Finnish words  

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Savinainen-Makkonen, Tuula

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 83 (Nov. 2007), page 347-359 .
Fulltext: Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen.pdf (143.07KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/FIL/27 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The CV syllable or reduplicative word is seen as an essential structure in early speech development, and word-initial consonants are seen to be a part of the optimal syllable in the speech of young children. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of the CV(CV) structure for a description of the first words of Joel (1;1-1;6), who is acquiring Finnish. Among his first 50 words, many words were produced with a (C)VC:V structure instead of a CVCV structure. An overused geminate template gives support for the saliency of the medial position. The saliency of the medial position is supported by the fact that word-initial consonant omission is common in the speech of Finnish children despite the word stress being on the first syllable. Additional support comes from the reduction of Finnish three-syllable words. Even though a reduced word usually consists of the first two syllables (SW1), a geminate structure may become part of the word regardless of its location in the word.

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