Phonological Development (eBook)

Marilyn Vihman is Professor of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York. She is co-editor of The Emergence of Phonology: Whole-word approaches and cross-linguistic evidence (with T. Keren-Portnoy, 2013), which includes both classic and new empirical studies of phonological development in eight languages.

"This open-minded, comprehensive overview of the intersecting
components of phonological development is a masterpiece that should
shape new directions of research for many years to come. Vihman
elucidates the many underlying assumptions, some in conflict with
one another, that have guided research on phonological development,
and lays out clearly the relevance of individual variability in
very young children. Vihman's work will cause researchers in
the disparate areas of perception, production, word learning,
variation, and phonological universals to be informed by each
other's results, potentially revolutionizing our
understanding of phonological development."

-Sharon Inkelas, University of California, Berkeley

"Phonological Development: The First Two Years (Second Edition)
is essential reading and a primary text for all specialists and
students in language development as well as those interested in
phonological development in particular. It provides in-depth and
up-to-date coverage of all areas of research relevant to
understanding phonological development, with comprehensive reviews
of both empirical findings and theoretical frameworks. An emphasis
is made on the need to relate the development of perception and
production, and the study of phonological development to broader
areas of language acquisition. Besides eleven chapters, it also
contains valuable appendices on protowords and template analyses.
To my knowledge it is the most thorough and important book on this
topic to date."

-David Ingram, Arizona State University

"Marilyn Vihman's work unfolds on the center court of
child phonology research. This book gives a broad and insightful
account of this complex topic--a treatment that is likely to
serve, for a long time, as an indispensable reference on the early
stages of learning to speak." -Björn Lindblom,
Stockholm University

"This eagerly awaited second edition masterfully updates
Vihman's review of research on earlier themes as well as on several
new themes, much of which attests to the profound inspiration of
the seminal first edition." -Mary Beckman, Ohio
State University