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Phonological Universals in Early Childhood: Evidence from Sonority Restrictions

Iris Berent Northeastern University
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Katherine Harder Northeastern University
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Tracy Lennertz Northeastern University
Pages 281-293 | Received 21 May 2010, Accepted 11 Feb 2011, Published online: 26 Sep 2011

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Adam Stone, Laura-Ann Petitto & Rain Bosworth. (2018) Visual Sonority Modulates Infants’ Attraction to Sign Language. Language Learning and Development 14:2, pages 130-148.
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Iris Berent, Vered Vaknin-Nusbaum, Evan Balaban & Albert M. Galaburda. (2013) Phonological generalizations in dyslexia: The phonological grammar may not be impaired. Cognitive Neuropsychology 30:5, pages 285-310.
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Tianheng Wang, Søren Wichmann, Quansheng Xia & Qibin Ran. (2023) Temperature shapes language sonority: Revalidation from a large dataset. PNAS Nexus 2:12.
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Caroline Crouch, Argyro Katsika & Ioana Chitoran. (2023) Sonority sequencing and its relationship to articulatory timing in Georgian. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, pages 1-24.
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Iris Berent, Peter J. Fried, Rachel M. Theodore, Daniel Manning & Alvaro Pascual-Leone. (2023) Phonetic categorization relies on motor simulation, but combinatorial phonological computations are abstract. Scientific Reports 13:1.
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Sophia Wulfert, Peter Auer & Adriana Hanulíková. (2022) Speech Errors in the Production of Initial Consonant Clusters: The Roles of Frequency and Sonority. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 65:10, pages 3709-3729.
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Iris Berent & Melanie Platt. (2022) Is Phonology Embodied? Evidence from Mechanical Stimulation. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 51:3, pages 597-626.
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Sin Hang Lau, Shota Momma & Victor S. Ferreira. (2021) Learning structural alternations: What guides learners’ generalization?. Cognition 215, pages 104828.
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Yasmeen Hamza, Areti Okalidou, Ann DierckxAstrid van Wieringen. (2020) Sonority-Related Novel Word Learning Ability of Children With Cochlear Implants With Optimal Oral Language Exposure. Ear & Hearing 41:6, pages 1715-1731.
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Méghane Tossonian, Ludovic Ferrand, Ophélie Lucas, Mickaël Berthon & Norbert Maïonchi-Pino. (2020) Sonority as a Phonological Cue in Early Perception of Written Syllables in French. Frontiers in Psychology 11.
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Norbert Maïonchi-Pino, Audrey Carmona, Méghane Tossonian, Ophélie Lucas, Virginie Loiseau & Ludovic Ferrand. (2020) Universal Restrictions in Reading: What Do French Beginning Readers (Mis)perceive?. Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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Yasmeen Hamza, Areti Okalidou, George KyriafinisAstrid van Wieringen. (2018) Sonority’s Effect as a Surface Cue on Lexical Speech Perception of Children With Cochlear Implants. Ear & Hearing 39:5, pages 992-1007.
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Steve Parker. (2017) Sounding out Sonority. Language and Linguistics Compass 11:9, pages e12248.
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Gaja Jarosz. (2017) Defying the stimulus: acquisition of complex onsets in Polish. Phonology 34:2, pages 269-298.
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Iris Berent. (2016) Commentary: “An Evaluation of Universal Grammar and the Phonological Mind”—UG Is Still a Viable Hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychology 7.
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Joshua T. Williams & Sharlene D. Newman. (2016) Impacts of Visual Sonority and Handshape Markedness on Second Language Learning of American Sign Language. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 21:2, pages 171-186.
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Katalin Tamási & Iris Berent. (2014) Sensitivity to Phonological Universals: The Case of Stops and Fricatives. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 44:4, pages 359-381.
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Norbert Maïonchi-Pino, Yasuyuki Taki, Annie Magnan, Satoru Yokoyama, Jean Écalle, Kei Takahashi, Hiroshi Hashizume & Ryuta Kawashima. (2014) Sonority-related markedness drives the misperception of unattested onset clusters in French listeners. L’Année psychologique 115:02, pages 197-222.
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Norbert Maïonchi-Pino, Yasuyuki Taki, Annie Magnan, Satoru Yokoyama, Jean Écalle, Kei Takahashi, Hiroshi Hashizume & Ryuta Kawashima. (2015) Sonority-related markedness drives the misperception of unattested onset clusters in French listeners. L’Année psychologique Vol. 115:2, pages 197-222.
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Tracy Lennertz & Iris Berent. (2015) On the sonority levels of fricatives and stops. The Mental Lexicon 10:1, pages 88-132.
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David Maximiliano GómezIris BerentSilvia Benavides-VarelaRicardo A. H. Bion, Luigi Cattarossi, Marina NesporJacques Mehler. (2014) Language universals at birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:16, pages 5837-5841.
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Iris Berent. (2013) The phonological mind. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 17:7, pages 319-327.
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Iris Berent, Amanda Dupuis & Diane Brentari. (2013) Amodal Aspects of Linguistic Design. PLoS ONE 8:4, pages e60617.
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