Main description:

Focusing on the phonologies of children with functional (non-organic) speech disorders, this volume reports the latest findings in optimality theory, phonological acquisition and disorders. The book is based on typological, cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental evidence from over 200 children. It stands out because of the unique test case that the population offers to optimality theory, particularly with respect to puzzles of opacity, lawful orders of acquisition, and language learnability. Beyond its theoretical significance, this research holds clinical relevance for the assessment and treatment of disordered populations, most notably the systematic prediction of learning outcomes. The volume bridges the gap between theory and application by showing how each informs the other. It is intended for linguists, psychologists, speech pathologists, second-language instructors and those interested in the latest developments in phonological theory and its applied extensions.

Contents:

Preface Daniel A. Dinnsen & Judith A. Gierut PART I. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Chapter 1: Fundamentals of optimality theory Daniel A. Dinnsen Chapter 2: Phonological disorders and the Developmental Phonology Archive Judith A. Gierut Chapter 3: Fundamentals of experimental design and treatment Judith A. Gierut PART II. RESEARCH REPORTS: OPACITY EFFECTS Chapter 4: A typology of opacity effects in acquisition Daniel A. Dinnsen Chapter 5: An unusual error pattern reconsidered Daniel A. Dinnsen & Ashley W. Farris-Trimble Chapter 6: Innovations in the treatment of chain shifts Michele L. Morrisette & Judith A. Gierut PART III. RESEARCH REPORTS: DEVELOPMENTAL SHIFTS AND LEARNING Chapter 7: Developmental shifts in children's correspondence judgments Judith A. Gierut & Daniel A. Dinnsen Chapter 8: Recalcitrant error patterns Daniel A. Dinnsen Chapter 9: The prominence paradox Daniel A. Dinnsen & Ashley W. Farris-Trimble PART IV. RESEARCH REPORTS: ACQUISITION OF CONSONANT CLUSTERS Chapter 10: Syllable onsets in developmental perception and production Judith A. Gierut, Holly Storkel and Michele L. Morrisette Chapter 11: Experimental instantiations of implicational universals in phonological acquisition Judith A. Gierut Chapter 12: Gapped s-cluster inventories and faithfulness to the marked Ashley W. Farris-Trimble & Judith A. Gierut Chapter 13: A typological evaluation of the split margin approach to syllable structure in phonological acquisition Jessica A. Barlow & Judith A. Gierut Chapter 14: Constraints on consonant clusters in children with cochlear implants Steven B. Chin PART V. EPILOGUE Chapter 15: On the convergence of theory and application Daniel A. Dinnsen & Judith A. Gierut