The acquisition of Onset clusters in European Portuguese
Maria João Freitas · Probus · 2003
In this paper, we observe the productions of seven monolingual Portuguese children in order to account for the acquisition of Onset clusters in European Portuguese. The results will be compared with results from other languages, with a specific reference to the acquisition of Dutch. Although similar initial stages between the two groups of children were found, the final stages reveal significant differences. Our analysis will then focus on the dissimilarities exhibited by the Portuguese children, with special reference to the vowel epenthesis strategy, which is frequently attested in Portuguese children’s productions, although infrequent in the data reported in previous studies of phonological acquisition. 1.