Lexical influences on phoneme acquisition: A cross ...

In English, by contrast, “fronting” of /s/ to [ ] is more common and can persist quite late in children with misarticulated /s/ (e.g., Weismer & Elbert, 1982; Baum & McNutt, 1992). Ingram (1988) divides theories of phonological acquisition into two categories: functional and maturational. ................
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