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The age at which specific consonant articulations emerge differs greatly among children. Widely quoted age tables represent upper age limits rather than average performance, and stress-sound mastery in all word positions as opposed to customary usage. A new graphic way of summarizing information about age in relation to consonant development is proposed.
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Eric K. Sander (1972) studied this question.
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