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Amoako, Wendy Kwakye; Stemberger, Joseph Paul – Journal of Child Language, 2021
This paper addresses how input variability in the adult phonological system is mastered in the output of young children in Akan, a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, involving variability between labio-palatalized consonants and front rounded vowels. The high-frequency variant involves a complex consonant which is expected to be mastered late, while…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Adults, Phonology