Are children’s grammars rogue grammars? Glide substitution in branching onsets
Abstracts
This paper focuses on the consonant+glide (CG) stage in children’s realization of branching onsets, the point in development when the liquid in target CL clusters is realized as a glide. In works where the representation of derived CG clusters is discussed, it is assumed that they are branching onsets. The result, however, is that the only branching onsets in the child’s system are CG in shape and this type of system appears to be unattested in adult grammars. In light of this, several alternative syllabifications for how the glide is syllabified are considered. All are rejected in favour of the position that the glide is not prosodically affiliated at the CG stage. Formal parallels for this type of representation in adult grammars are provided.
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Keywords:
branching onsets, child phonology, glide substitution, rogue grammars, syllabification, variationReferences
Bibliographical reference
Heather Goad, “Are children’s grammars rogue grammars? Glide substitution in branching onsets”, Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes, 35 | 2006, 103-132.
Electronic reference
Heather Goad, “Are children’s grammars rogue grammars? Glide substitution in branching onsets”, Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes [Online], 35 | 2006, Online since 22 December 2006, connection on 19 April 2026. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/rlv/1454; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/rlv.1454
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