On the unity of children's phonological error patterns: Distinguishing symptoms from the problem

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2011
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This article compares the claims of rule- and constraint-based accounts of three seemingly distinct error patterns, namely, Deaffrication, Consonant Harmony and Assibilation, in the sound system of a child with a phonological delay. It is argued that these error patterns are not separate problems, but rather are symptoms of a larger conspiracy to avoid word-initial coronal stops. The clinical implications of these findings are also considered.
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phonology, child phonology, clinical phonology, phonological disorders in children, phonological treatment, Learnability Project, language acquisition
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Dinnsen, D. A. (2011). On the unity of children's phonological error patterns: Distinguishing symptoms from the problem. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 25(11-12), 968-974. PMCID: PMC3291332
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