Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-4rdpn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-02T22:51:59.379Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Fillers across languages and language abilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2001

LAURENCE B. LEONARD
LAURENCE B. LEONARD
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Peters has made an excellent case for the importance of ‘filler’ syllables during the early stages of children's language development. In this commentary, I discuss some of the implications of filler-syllable use for related areas of child language research. The comments are based on observations made during collaborative cross-linguistic studies of both normally developing children and children with language disorders acquiring Italian (Leonard, Bortolini, Caselli, McGregor & Sabbadini, 1992; Bortolini & Leonard, 1996; Bortolini, Caselli & Leonard, 1997; Leonard & Bortolini, 1998), Hebrew (Dromi, Leonard & Shteiman, 1993; Leonard & Dromi, 1994; Dromi, Leonard, Adam & Zadunaisky-Ehrlich, 1999; Leonard, Dromi, Adam & Zadunaisky-Ehrlich, 2000), and Swedish (Hansson, Nettelbladt & Leonard, 2000).

Type
Commentary
Information
Journal of Child Language , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 257 - 261
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)