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We examine the frequency of a number of phonological units and patterns in European Portuguese, computed over tokens and over types, in adult speech, and compare it with the frequency and/or order of emergence of those units and patterns in children’s early speech. We conclude that, whenever frequency information based on tokens and on types does not converge, it is always the frequency computed over tokens that correlates with the frequency patterns and/or order of emergence of those units/patterns in child speech. This investigation contributes to the understanding of the role of frequency in language acquisition, in addition to providing new frequency data for Portuguese.
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Type frequency Token frequency Acquisition of phonology Frequência em types Frequência em tokens Aquisição da fonologia
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Vigário, Marina, Sónia Frota & Fernando Martins (2010) A frequência que conta na aquisição da fonologia: types ou tokens?. A. M. Brito, F. Silva & J. Veloso (eds.) XXV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística. Textos Seleccionados. Porto: Associação Portuguesa de Linguística, pp. 749-767.