出版社：Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
摘要：The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the linguistic behavior in delayed acquisition by four children, aged from 4:1 to 7:4, replacing intervocalic /l/ and /R/ by [j], in order to explain the path they take to realize intervocalic /l/ and /R/. The most common strategies in producing intervocalic /l/ and /R/ by these children to reach the adult model have been observed and, out of this, a hypothesis about the taken path has been proposed: first they don’t realize intervocalic /l/ and /R/; second, they change intervocalic /l/ and /R/ by [j]; third, they realize intervocalic /l/; fourth, they replace /R/ by [l]; finally, they realize intervocalic /R/. The analysis of the results confirmed that children follow this path but not in a systematic way, because the substitution stage of [l] by /R/ is optional.
