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Cambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 1/15/2004EAN 9780521829632, ISBN10: 0521829631Hardcover, 428 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cmLanguage: EnglishThis outstanding 2004 volum
e presents an overview of linguistic research into the acquisition of phonology. Bringing together well-known researchers in the field, it focuses on constraints in phonological acquisition (as opposed to rules), and offers concrete examples of the formalization of phonological development in terms of constraint ranking. The first two chapters situate the research in its broader context, with an introduction by the editors providing a brief general tutorial on Optimality Theory. Chapter two serves to highlight the history of constraints in studies of phonological development, which predates their current ascent to prominence in phonological theory. The remaining chapters address a number of partially overlapping themes: the study of child production data in terms of constraints, learnability issues, perceptual development and its relation to the development of production, and second-language acquisition.List of contributorsPreface1. Introduction René Kager, Joe Pater and Wim Zonneveld2. Saving the babymaking sure that old data survive new theories Lise Menn3. Markedness and faithfulness constraints in child phonology Amalia Gnanadesikan4. Input elaboration, head faithfulness and evidence for representation in the acquisition of left-edge clusters in West Germanic Heather Goad and Yvan Rose5. Phonological acquisition in Optimality Theorythe early stages Bruce Hayes6. Syllable types in cross-linguistic and developmental grammars Clara C. Levelt and Ruben van de Vijver7. Bridging the gap between receptive and productive development with minimally violable constraints Joe Pater8. Learning phonotactic distributions Alan Prince and Bruce Tesar9. Emergence of Universal Grammar in foreign word adaptions Shigeko Shinohara10. The initial and final statestheoretical implications and experimental explorations of Richness of the Base Paul Smolensky, Lisa Davidson and Peter Jusczyk11. Child word stress competencean experimental approach Wim Zonneveld and Dominique Nouveau.'... the volume has already achieved considerable success ... this volume is a must for anyone working in the area of phonological acquisition or optimality theory ... the volume would also make an excellent textbook for a graduate course ...'. Journal of Phonology
