Jeremy Goslin|Caroline Floccia
Comparing French syllabification in preliterate children and adults
University of Plymouth|University of Franche-Comté|University of Plymouth
influence development literacy upon syllabification french evaluated comparing segmental behavior 4 5yearold preliterate children adults using pause insertion task participants required repeat bisyllabic words fourmi ant inserting pause two syllabic components furmi first experiment tested segmentation range 49 double intervocalic consonant clusters similar general segmentation behavior observed age groups pattern fit predictions legality principlebased model syllabification experiment 2 revealed opacity phonological orthographic representations lead increased ambisyllabic responses reduction segmentation consistency adults total findings indicate syllabic forms consistently represented early age segmentation metalinguistic tasks susceptible contamination spelling etymological knowledge