Conspiracies in language acquisition

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titleConspiracies in language acquisition
start_date2008/10/13
schedule18h-20h
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summaryIn this presentation, I will discuss developmental speech patterns that offer significant challenges for current theories of linguistics and phonology. I will argue that these patterns cannot be handled by phonological theory solely, because of the fact that they are not only about language acquisition per se. I propose that they in fact arise from a series of linguistic and non-linguistic factors whose combined effects sometimes yield phonologically unexpected yet entirely logical outcomes.
responsiblesPerignon, Pagel