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    Acquisition of Phonology in a Creole Tok Pisin-Speaking Population of Highlands Children, Papua New Guinea: A Preliminary Study

    Boer J 2020.pdf (3.018Mb)
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    Authors
    Boer, Jennifer Margaret
    Date
    2020
    Supervisor
    Mary Claessen
    Cori Williams
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    MPhil
    
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    Faculty
    Health Sciences
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82085
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    • Curtin Theses
    Abstract

    This first clinical linguistic study in Papua New Guinea supports emerging speech-language pathology services. It examines Tok Pisin consonant acquisition in 80 multilingual Highlands children, aged three to six. Children's consonant phonetic and phonological inventories and use of developmental processes were studied. Results showed higher mean percentage consonants correct and fewer processes with age, featuring variation within and between age groups. The influence of both substrate language and creolisation were evident in consonant use.

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