Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics
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Abstract
The paper examines the realization of consonant clusters in prosodically faithful forms in Greek L1. Longitudinal naturalistic data reveal that children tend to simplify clusters to either the unmarked or to the initial member of the cluster. Apart from being simplified, clusters begin being faithfully realized by the age of 1;10. The aim here is to demonstrate that child language variation is not random but depends on phonological principles and is attributed to the activation of multiple parallel grammars during the acquisition process.
