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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Apr 27;83(4):1303–1315. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01773.x
Target fricative Vocalic
context
Phonetic
transcription
Gloss Proportion of 2-year olds
producing (JCDI)
/s/ A /sakana/ “fish” 67.9
/sakura/ “cherry blossom”
/saru/ “monkey” 60.4
E /semi/ “cicada”
/senaka/ “back” 27.3
/sense:/ “teacher” 32.1
O /sok:usu/ “socks” 7.0
/so:se:dʒi/ “sausage”
/sora/ “sky” 21.7
U /sudzume/ “sparrow”
/suika/ “watermelon” 45.5
/suna/ “sand” 22.3
/ʃ/ A /ʃawa:/ “shower”
/ʃamodʒi/ “rice paddle”
/ʃampu:/ “shampoo” 33.2
I /ʃinkansen/ “bullet train”
/ʃi:so:/ “seasaw”
/ʃimauma/ “zebra” 31.6
O /ʃo:bo:ʃa/ “fire engire” 46
/ʃokupan/ “bread”
/ʃo:ju/ “soy sause”
U /ʃu:kuri:mu/ “créme puff”
/ʃu:mai/ “Chinese dumpling”
/ʃu:dzu/ “shoes”