The Stupidly Complicated Linguistics of Toddler Languages

Oh toddler speech is very complicated... and believe me, this video is the simplified version. 1:06 should be "voiceLESS consonants... become voiced", not "voiced consonants... become voiced".

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Sources/Reading:

Prince, A. & Smolensky, P. (1997). "Optimality: From Neural Networks to Universal Grammar". In: Science 275, 1604–1610.

Prince, A. & Smolensky, P. (2004) [1993]. "Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar". Malden: Blackwell.

Smith, B. (1979). "A Phonetic Analysis of Consonantal Devoicing in Children's Speech". In: Journal of Child Language v6 n1, 19-28.

Velten, H. (1943). "The Growth of Phonemic and Lexical Patterns in Infant Language".
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Art by kvd102
Music also hastily put together by me

00:00 - Final Devoicing
03:05 - Optimality Theory
07:20 - Modelling Toddler Language
10:36 - Final Devoicing Revisited
12:00 - Criticisms & Closing Remarks