Word segmentation and the process of language acquisition

Abstract

The present paper is about the segmentation in the child's speech and written. It aims to outline the trend of the subject, in process of acquiring language, segment words according to the most common patterns in the language , such as the syllabic pattern , as well as his recognition of words in everyday language . For this, we used as theoretical background texts of Peters (1983,1985) concerning the segmentation in the process of language acquisition, Figueira (1995) , which deals with lexical innovations in the child's speech , Figueira (1996) , about error in linguistic research . In order to better demonstrate the segmentation's misapplication is intended to approximate the speech data to the writing, because it is believed that approaching the writting, the child reveals doubts about language which hitherto could go unnoticed. For this analysis, we use texts of Abaurre (1988) about the representation of the written, and also Ferreiro and Pontecorvo (1996) and Camilo (2011) about unconventional segmentations. Finally, we conclude that regardless of the criteria used for segmentation, the word is the main instrument of the child in pursuit of elevating to the language.