Word-initial rhotic clusters in Spanish-speaking preschoolers in Chile and Granada, Spain Pérez Herrera, Denisse Bernhardt, Barbara May Mendoza Lara, Elvira Ávila Martín, María Del Carmen Carballo García, María Gloria Muñoz López, Juana Vergara Ponce, Patricio Consonant clusters Spanish dialects Versión aceptada Versión online publicada en 2017 Versión Print publicada en 2018 The current paper describes Spanish acquisition of rhotic onset clusters. Data are also provided on related singleton taps/trills and /l/ as a single ton and in clusters. Participants included 9 typically developing (TD) toddlers and 30 TD preschoolers in Chile, and 30 TD preschoolers and 29 with protracted phonological development (PPD) in Granada, Spain. Results showed age and developmental group effects. Preservation of cluster timing units preceded segmental accuracy, especially in stressed syllables. Tap clusters versus singleton trills were variable in order of mastery, some children mastering clusters first, and others, the trill. Rhotics were acquired later than /l/. In early development, mismatches (errors) involved primarily deletion of taps; where substitutions occurred, [j] frequently replaced tap. In later development, [l] more frequently replaced tap; where taps did occur, vowel epenthesis sometimes occurred. The data serve as a criterion reference database for onset cluster acquisition in Chilean and Granada Spanish. 2024-02-07T08:17:13Z 2024-02-07T08:17:13Z 2018 journal article Published version: Perez, D., Vivar, P., Bernhardt, B. M., Mendoza, E., Ávila, C., Carballo, G., Muñoz, J. & Vergara, P. (2018). Word-initial rhotic clusters in Spanish-speaking preschoolers in Chile and Granada, Spain. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 32(5-6), 481-505. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88502 10.1080/02699206.2017.1359852 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Taylor & Francis