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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 3in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sharing this article re:
syllable omission.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 3in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Levey, S., & Schwartz,
R. G. (2002). Syllable omission by two-year-old children. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Communication Disorders Quarterly</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">23</I>(4),
169-177.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:bernharb@interchange.ubc.ca
href="mailto:bernharb@interchange.ubc.ca">Barbara Bernhardt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:pater@linguist.umass.edu
href="mailto:pater@linguist.umass.edu">Joe Pater</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=mailto:macw@mac.com
href="mailto:macw@mac.com">Brian MacWhinney</A> ; <A
title=mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org
href="mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org">info-childes@mail.talkbankorg</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Default unstressed initial
syllable? re-</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>The term 'dummy syllable' is old....also found in Magnusson,
Nettelbladt <BR>in the early '80s on Swedish acquisition, and therefore
probably before <BR>that. Maybe it was Smith who coined it - haven't
looked.<BR><BR>Joe Pater wrote:<BR><BR>> Dear all,<BR>> In both
Gnanadesikan's and Smith's data, the pattern is one of <BR>> replacement of
an initial unstressed syllable by a default syllable <BR>> (the term
"dummy" is Gnanadesikan's, I think). I don't recall either <BR>> one
discussing the perseverative pattern.<BR>><BR>> You can get a
pre-publication version of Amalia's paper here - it's <BR>> one of the
first, and one of the best applications of Optimality <BR>> Theory to
phonological acquisition:<BR>><BR>> <A
title=http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=77
href="http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=77">http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=77</A><BR>><BR>>
Best,<BR>> Joe.<BR>><BR>> On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Brian
MacWhinney wrote:<BR>><BR>>>
Folks,<BR>>> It seems to me that Lynn's son and
Sharon's son show patterns <BR>>> that are similar in one respect, but
different in another. Sharon <BR>>> reports
this:<BR>>><BR>>>> My son at age 3 also used a "default"
unstressed initial syllable, <BR>>>> except in his case the syllable
was "buh." So we ate buhsketti, and <BR>>>> buhzagna,
about and around became "buhbout," and "buhwound" <BR>>>>
aquarium was "buhkarium" etc. He began by using it for unstressed
<BR>>>> schwa syllables in the initial position, but then began using
it for <BR>>>> other initial unstressed syllables. For example
museum became <BR>>>> "buhzeum," refrigerator was "buhfidgewator,"
and I was a <BR>>>> "buhfessor." He held onto this pattern for
a long time, especially <BR>>>> for the 3-4 syllable
words.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Here we see the /buh/ substituting
for CV structures in the target. <BR>>> Words like "about" often
have an initial glottal that makes them<BR>>> qualify as having initial
CV. So this involves simply substituting a <BR>>> simple CV for a
more difficult initial CV.<BR>>><BR>>> Lynne's son is doing the
same, but the difference is that the <BR>>> potential source of the
substituted CV was possibly an earlier <BR>>> epenthetic syllable in
forms such as "recycling rebins." The earlier <BR>>> use of /re/
seems to reflect syllable-level perseveration rather than <BR>>> the use
of a filler. In any case, the point is that the substituting
<BR>>> /re/ in Lynne's son case has a very different potential origin,
<BR>>> although its function at the time in question is
similar.<BR>>><BR>>> The problem is that I think we need some way
of distinguishing <BR>>> between syllables that perform substitutions in
the prosodic grid and <BR>>> syllables that open up new slots. To
me, the term "filler" is <BR>>> limited to filling a slot. So, the
second /re/ in "recycling rebins" <BR>>> would not be a filler.
I'm not sure what "dummy" means in this case.<BR>>><BR>>> In
regarding to all of these accounts, including Smith (1973) and
<BR>>> Gnanadesikan (2004), it would be useful to know whether the
<BR>>> substituting syllable is always used for substitution or whether
it <BR>>> is ever actually being inserted where no syllable
existed.<BR>>> Sorry, I don't have Gnanadesikan and I don't know where
in my copy of <BR>>> Smith to go to look this
up.<BR>>><BR>>> Also, I am assuming that neither Smith or
Gnanadesikan are reporting <BR>>> the additional aspect of Lynn's son
profile in which the filler <BR>>> potentially derives from an earlier
epenthetic.<BR>>><BR>>> ---Brian
MacWhinney<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>