Javier Arias

List of John Benjamins publications in which Javier Arias is involved.

Articles

Arias, Javier and Conxita Lleó 2009 Comparing the representation of iambs by monolingual German, monolingual Spanish and bilingual German-Spanish children Convergence and Divergence in Language Contact Situations, Braunmüller, Kurt and Juliane House (eds.), pp. 205–234 | Article

This article examines the production of iambic-shaped words by two monolingual German, two monolingual Spanish and two German-Spanish bilingual children, aiming to contribute to the understanding of stress acquisition in early childhood. Target iambic words produced at ages 1;0 to 2;6, have been… read more

Lleó, Conxita and Javier Arias 2006 Foot, word and phrase constraints in first language acquisition of Spanish stress Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology, Martínez-Gil, Fernando and Sonia Colina (eds.), pp. 470–496 | Article

The present paper provides an analysis of stress acquisition in Spanish, within the framework of Optimality Theory, focusing on the earliest utterances by two monolingual Spanish children. The Spanish stress algorithm exhibits right-headedness both at word and phrase level. Leaving aside some… read more