Whalen D H, Giulivi Sara, Goldstein Louis M, Nam Hosung, Levitt Andrea G
Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut and Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, City University of New York.
Lang Learn Dev. 2011 Jul 1;7(3):243-249. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2011.578547.
The article by MacNeilage and Davis in this issue, entitled "In Defense of the 'Frames, then Content' (FC) Perspective on Speech Acquisition: A Response to Two Critiques" appears to assume that the only alternative to segment-level control is oscillation specifically of the jaw; however, other articulators could be oscillated by infants as well. This allows the preferred CV combinations to emerge without positing a level of segmental control in babbling. Their response does not address our modeling work, which, rather similarly to Davis's own modeling (Serkhane, Schwartz, Boë, Davis, & Matyear, 2007), shows little support for the Frame-then-Content (FC) account. Our results show substantial support for the Articulatory Phonology (AP) one. A closer look at feeding in infants shows substantial control of the tongue and lips, casting further doubt on the foundation of the FC account.
本期麦克尼尔奇和戴维斯所写的题为《捍卫言语习得的“先框架,后内容”(FC)观点:对两种批评的回应》的文章似乎假定,除了下颌的特定振荡之外,节段层面控制的唯一替代方式不存在;然而,婴儿也可能使其他发音器官产生振荡。这使得偏好的辅音-元音组合得以出现,而无需假定咿呀学语中存在节段控制层面。他们的回应并未涉及我们的建模工作,而我们的建模工作与戴维斯自己的建模(塞尔卡内、施瓦茨、博埃、戴维斯和马蒂尔,2007年)颇为相似,几乎没有为“先框架,后内容”(FC)观点提供支持。我们的结果为发音音系学(AP)观点提供了大量支持。仔细观察婴儿的进食过程会发现,舌头和嘴唇有相当程度的控制,这进一步质疑了FC观点的基础。