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1、PROSODICSYSTEMSANDLANGUAGEACQUISITIONDavidCrystalUniversityo(Reading-Summary-Thesrudyofprosodicfearures-ofintonation.inparticular-hasreceivedbutsporadicmentioninthecontextofresearchintofirstlanguageacquisition.Inthispaper.Iproposetodiscussoneaspectoftherelevanceofatheoryofprosodicfeaturesfors

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3、specialreferencetoLieberman'sarticleontheperceptionofintonationbylinguists)anddismissedasapseudo-problemwhichhasarisenduetoanoversimplificationofthenatureofintonation.Itissuggestedthatatheoryofprosodicfeaturesprovidesamuch-neededperspectiveforunderstandinglanguagedevelopmentinthefirstyear.-Re

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7、YSEDESF.-ITSPROSODIQUESByprosodicsystemsIamreferringtosetsofmuruallydefiningphonologicalfeatureswhichhaveanessentiallyvariablerelationshiptothesegmental/verbalitemsofanutteranceasopposedrothosefeatures(e.g.thevowels,consonants,syllabicstruct