Using distributional statistics to acquire morphophonological alternations: evidence from production and perception

Morphophonological alternations, such as the voicing alternation that arises in a morphological paradigm due to final-devoicing in Dutch, are notoriously difficult for children to acquire. This has previously been attributed to their unpredictability. In fact, the presence or absence of a voicing al...

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Main Authors: Buckler, Helen, Fikkert, Paula
Format: Article
Published: Frontiers 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45329/