This paper is the first reported investigation of the role of non-temporal acoustic cues in the
singleton-geminate contrast in Lebanese Arabic, alongside the more frequently reported …

This study investigates the acquisition and representation of geminate plosives and
geminate liquids in the speech of Ammani Arabic (AA) children aged from 2; 6 (year; month) …

Infants learning languages with long consonants, or geminates, have been found to
'overselect'and 'overproduce'these consonants in early words and also to commonly omit the …

Adopting an Optimality-theoretic approach, this paper examines gemination in English
loanwords in Ammani Arabic (AA). Data come from a corpus of 1200 loanwords as produced …

This book explores the role of phonological templates in early language use from the
perspective of usage-based phonology and exemplar models and within the larger …

This is the first exploration of typical phonological development in the speech of children
acquiring Kuwaiti-Arabic (KA) before the age of 4; 0. In many of the word's languages …

This paper presents the results of an ongoing collaboration to develop an Arabic variety-
independent romanization system that aims to homogenize and simplify the romanization of …

Onomatopoeia are disproportionately high in number in infants' early words compared to
adult language. Studies of infant language perception have proposed an iconic advantage …

Phonological models of early word learning often assume that child forms can be
understood as structural map**s from their adult targets. In contrast, the whole-word …

Abstract Background Arabic, a Semitic language of the Afro‐Asiatic variety, has a rich
consonant inventory. Previous studies on Arabic phonological acquisition have focused …