query on consonant cluster reduction

[Alice Faber]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> For a student working on her senior essay, I'm wondering if anyone on
> the list can suggest research looking at consonant cluster
> simplification among AAVE and non-AAVE children.  In particular, she
> was taking Walt Wolfram's work in the late 1960s as a starting point
> and re-examining it using data from the CHILDES database focusing on
> 4.5 to 5-year-olds.  Both final and initial clusters are relevant,
> but Walt set aside past tense clusters because of the complications
> of adding morphological to more strictly phonological concerns, so
> it's more the latter she'll be considering (e.g. reduction in "past"
> but not in "passed").  Are there any papers or monographs on this
> issue that anyone can recommend?  Thanks.
>

Ann Charity gave a paper on this at the recent LSA meeting. I'll see her
tomorrow, and try to remember to ask her about it.

Alice

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