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- Early Prosodic Development: Emerging intonation and phrasing in European PortuguesePublication . Frota, Sónia; Cruz, Marisa; Matos, Nuno; Vigário, MarinaStudies of emerging prosody from the word to the phrase, integrating various sources of evidence, are scarce, and our understanding of the pathways of prosodic development is still very limited. An investigation of emerging intonation and prosodic phrasing was undertaken on the basis of production data on intonation and duration patterns from the speech of two European Portuguese children between 1;00 and 2;04. The results show that both the development of intonation and phrasing were found to precede the onset of combinatorial speech, and to coincide in time with critical points in lexical development. Prosodic phrasing evolved in three steps, by the unfolding of key prosodic levels. Implications of these results are discussed in relation to early prosodic development across languages.
- A métrica do tempo: um estudo sobre o desenvolvimento dos padrões de duração na aquisição do português europeuPublication . Matos, Nuno; Frota, Sónia,1964-Resumo disponível em português e inglês
- O tempo no tempo: um estudo do desenvolvimento das durações a partir das primeiras palavrasPublication . Matos, Nuno; Frota, SóniaThe study of duration patterns in early speech has yield contradictory results regarding the role played by biological factors and language specificity. We have examined the development of duration patterns in the speech of one European Portuguese child, from 1;04 to 2;04. Our findings show two different moments of temporal reorganization: the first related to PW duration; the second to syllable duration as a function of number of syllables in higher prosodic domains. The latter moment leads to the emergence of phrase-final lengthening. We interpret these findings as supporting the role played by the native language, and as providing evidence for the emergence of prosodic structure in language production.