A phonological analysis of onomatopoeia in early word production

TY - JOUR

T1 - A phonological analysis of onomatopoeia in early word production

AU - Laing, Catherine E.

N1 - Funding Information: The author’s PhD is being supported by the ESRC (grant number ES/J500215/1). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2014.

PY - 2014/9/15

Y1 - 2014/9/15

N2 - This article analyses longitudinal diary data from one infant acquiring German to seek a better understanding of the role of onomatopoeia in early language development. Onomatopoeic words (OWs) are traced over time in relation to their corresponding conventional forms (CWs), and an analysis of their phonological transitions is considered in relation to the infant's wider language development. OWs are found to serve as a bootstrapping mechanism on a lexical as well as a phonological level, and a lexical OW 'template' is proposed, which is found to support phonological development throughout the infant's output.

AB - This article analyses longitudinal diary data from one infant acquiring German to seek a better understanding of the role of onomatopoeia in early language development. Onomatopoeic words (OWs) are traced over time in relation to their corresponding conventional forms (CWs), and an analysis of their phonological transitions is considered in relation to the infant's wider language development. OWs are found to serve as a bootstrapping mechanism on a lexical as well as a phonological level, and a lexical OW 'template' is proposed, which is found to support phonological development throughout the infant's output.

KW - Language development

KW - onomatopoeia

KW - phonological development

KW - templates

KW - vocabulary growth

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84909646392&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0142723714550110

DO - 10.1177/0142723714550110

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84909646392

SN - 0142-7237

VL - 34

SP - 387

EP - 405

JO - First Language

JF - First Language

IS - 5

ER -