Prosodic patterns and <i>input</i> in language acquisition

The majority of studies dealing with the prosodic template of first words in the past decades found a trochaic (strong-weak) tendency across languages. One line of explanation for this tendency is that trochees result from a left default value for the parameter nucleus of the foot (e.g. DRESHER 1992...

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Main Author: Raquel Santana Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2017-08-01
Series:Matraga
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Online Access:http://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/article/view/28708