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A voice onset time analysis of apical stop production in 3-year-olds*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

John H. V. Gilbert
John H. V. Gilbert
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University of British Columbia
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Abstract

Kewley-Port & Preston (1974) reported that when words beginning with /d/ and /t/ were first observed (about 2; 0 for their subject E4), the characteristics of their voice onset time (VOT) distributions remained constant until at least 4; 6. The present investigation reports data for VOT for /d/ and /t/, from six children at average age 3; 0. Values for /d/ clearly achieve the short voicing lag category of adults, reported by Lisker & Abramson (1964, 1970, 1971). Values for /t/, however, are much more widely dispersed than adult values for /t/, although falling within the category long voicing lag.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 103 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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Footnotes

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This Research was supported by Grant MT 4217 from the Medical Research Council of Cannada. The author would like to acknowledge the assistance of Kathy Willams and Carol Woodworth in data analysis.

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