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5 Feb 2023

A child (2 years; 9 months) pronounces the following words differently than an adult does.

 

Examine the consonants in the following production.

 

Word

Adult

Child

Rule

 

pronunciation

(a) tent

[tɛt]

 

pink

[bik]

 

(b) hand

[æn]

 

finger

[fɪŋəә]

 

(c) spin

[pɪn]

 

stand                                    

[tæn]

 

sweet                                          

[wit]

 

(d) bread                                           

[bɛd]

 

blow                                          

[bo]

 

1. Transcribe in IPA how an adult would produce the words above.
2. Explain what happens to the consonant clusters in each set above. Is the child producing the consonant clusters? How does he pronounce them? State the rule that applies in each set.
3. Based on the rules you came up with, how would the child pronounce the following two-word utterances?

• Please mommy
• Grandma stay
• Want stop