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  The impact of animacy and speech rhythm on the word order of conjuncts in German preschoolers and adults

Franz, I., Kentner, G., & Domahs, F. (2021). The impact of animacy and speech rhythm on the word order of conjuncts in German preschoolers and adults. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 12(1): 12. doi:10.5334/labphon.254.

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Franz, Isabelle1, 2, Author           
Kentner, Gerrit1, 2, Author           
Domahs, Frank3, Author
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1Department of Language and Literature, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2421695              
2Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, External Organizations, Frankfurt, Germany, ou_421891              
3University of Erfurt, DE, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: rhythm, animacy, picture naming, word order, children, adults
 Abstract: In this study, we investigated the impact of two constraints on the linear order of constituents in German preschool children’s and adults’ speech production: a rhythmic (*LAPSE, militating against sequences of unstressed syllables) and a semantic one (ANIM, requiring animate referents to be named before inanimate ones). Participants were asked to produce coordinated bare noun phrases in response to picture stimuli (e.g., Delfin und Planet, ‘dolphin and planet’) without any predefined word order. Overall, children and adults preferably produced animate items before inanimate ones, confirming findings of Prat-Sala, Shillcock, and Sorace (2000). In the group of preschoolers, the strength of the animacy effect correlated positively with age. Furthermore, the order of the conjuncts was affected by the rhythmic constraint, such that disrhythmic sequences, i.e., stress lapses, were avoided. In both groups, the latter result was significant when the two stimulus pictures did not vary with respect to animacy. In sum, our findings suggest a stronger influence of animacy compared to rhythmic well-formedness on conjunct ordering for German speaking children and adults, in line with findings by McDonald, Bock, and Kelly (1993) who investigated English speaking adults.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-11-302021-04-052021-06-25
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.5334/labphon.254
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