Probabilistic phonotactics in lexical acquisition: The role of syllable complexity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Phonology and Typology
5. Structural complexity of consonant clusters: A phonologist’s view 11
6. On the relations between [sonorant] and [voice] 33
7. Limited consonant clusters in OV languages 71
8. Manner, place and voice interactions in Greek cluster phonotactics 93
9. Consonant clusters in four Samoyedic languages 119
10. Part II. Production: analysis and models
11. Articulatory coordination and the syllabification of word initial consonant clusters in Italian 157
12. A gestural model of the temporal organization of vowel clusters in Romanian 177
13. Coupling of tone and constriction gestures in pitch accents 205
14. Tonogenesis in Lhasa Tibetan – Towards a gestural account 231
15. Part III. Acquisition
16. Probabilistic phonotactics in lexical acquisition: The role of syllable complexity 257
17. Acquiring and avoiding phonological complexity in SLI vs. typical development of French: The case of consonant clusters 285
18. Part IV. Assimilation and reduction in connected speech
19. Articulatory reduction and assimilation in n#g sequences in complex words in German 311
20. Overlap-driven consequences of Nasal place assimilation 345
21. The acoustics of high-vowel loss in a Northern Greek dialect and typological implications 369
22. List of contributors 399
23. Subject index 401
24. Language index 407