Modern Greek (henceforth Greek) is the descendent of Ancient Greek. It is spoken by most
inhabitants of Greece (approximately 11 million speakers) and is the official language of …

This study presents the results of an investigation into the acquisition of phonology of Greek
by one child, between the ages 1; 10–2; 10. Our claim is that these results are relevant to the …

Previous work on children's acquisition of complex sequences points to a tendency for
affricates to be acquired before clusters, but there is no clear evidence of a difference in …

Child language research investigates how language development proceeds. In pursuing
this question, many researchers argued that markedness constraints are initially more …

In pursuing the question of how children acquire language, many researchers have claimed
that in initial grammars (Ginitial), markedness constraints are more influential in shaping …

In the present paper I will discuss two phonological processes, which are very common in
child language, segmental deletion and insertion, in order to investigate the degree to which …

Previous research in phonological acquisition has attempted to determine by what age a
child should have mastered every phoneme. Groups of children were studied at succeeding …

This chapter aims at encapsulating some information regarding the speech sound system
and children's acquisition of the Hellenic language–widely referred to as Greek. In a book on …

Phonological awareness is closely related to reading acquisition and it is often the focus of
the therapy services provided by speech-language pathologists and special education …

The production of consonant clusters is challenging for young children, with clusters typically
emerging after correct production of singleton consonants has stabilized (eg Smit et al …