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To HAVE and to BE: Function Word Reduction in Child Speech, Child Directed Speech and Inter-adult Speech

Barth, Danielle (University of Oregon, 2016-02-23)

Function words are known to be shorter than content words. I investigate the function words BE and HAVE (with its content word homonym) and show that more reduction, operationalized as word shortening or contraction, is ...