English V-schwa alternations in children's speech

[Lise Menn]

I observed two of them in my older son - have probably mentioned them in print somewhere? - 'thesis' as /ˈθisʌs/ and 'raisins' as /ˈrɛɪzʌnz/, both with very clear low vowels, not schwas, in the second syllable; also, incorrectly undoing the d/t neutralization to flap, he said 'recorder' as /riˈkɔrtr/ at about this time.
Lise Menn

On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:55 PM, <huberpak at gmail.com<mailto:huberpak at gmail.com>> <huberpak at gmail.com<mailto:huberpak at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi,
I've noticed some interesting 'hypercorrection'-type errors, both in my own kid's speech and in the CHILDES corpora, with English V~schwa alternations. Examples:

Edison is [i]llergic to eggs.
I don't want a el[o]phant.

Does anyone know of previous work on this? Any information, references, observations, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks -

Marjorie

Marjorie Pak, Ph.D.
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Emory University
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