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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Variation in the acquisiton of external sandhi rules in Brazilian Portuguese

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Author(s):
Mariana Komatsu [1] ; Raquel Santos [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo
[2] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada; v. 23, n. 2, p. 223-244, 2007-00-00.
Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics
Abstract

This paper discusses the acquisition of external sandhi rules by one child learning Brazilian Portuguese. We show that these rules appear as soon as the child start putting two words together, but the rules are not uniform in the beginning of the process and are adult-like only around 3;6 years-old. We also show that the child use elision as a default strategy, that the prosodic properties of the rules are acquired before the segmental ones, and that the rules are not used for rhythmic optimization in the beginning of the acquisition process. Finally, our analysis provides support for Scarpa's analysis that prosodic acquisition proceeds from the higher to the lower levels. (AU)