Stem similarity modulates infants' acquisition of phonological alternations

Phonemes have variant pronunciations depending on context. For instance, in American English, the [t] in pat [pæt] and the [d] in pad [pæd] are both realized with a tap [ɾ] when the –ing suffix is attached, [pæɾɪŋ]. We show that despite greater distributional and acoustic support for the [t]-tap alt...

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Main Authors: Chong, A.J (Author), Kim, Y.J (Author), Sundara, M. (Author), White, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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