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Acquisition of /s/-clusters in Spanish-English bilingual children with phonological disorders. 2010

Mehmet Yavaş

Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. yavasm@fiu.edu

This study investigated the development of English two-member onset #sC clusters in Spanish-English bilingual children with phonological disorders. Data from 30 children were analysed in terms of correct and incorrect productions, implicational relationships, and possible groupings according to the sonority index of the second member of the cluster. While a great deal of variability occurred both within and across children, a number of general findings did occur. Sonority sequencing was found to be relevant in accurate renditions. Also justifiable was the binary grouping of /s/+[-continuant] vs /s/+[+continuant]. With regard to reduction patterns, the predictions of factorial typology were found to be useful.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007802	Language	A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.	Dialect,Dialects,Languages
D007804	Language Development	The gradual expansion in complexity and meaning of symbols and sounds as perceived and interpreted by the individual through a maturational and learning process. Stages in development include babbling, cooing, word imitation with cognition, and use of short sentences.	Language Acquisition,Acquisition, Language,Development, Language
D008297	Male		Males
D010699	Phonation	The process of producing vocal sounds by means of VOCAL CORDS vibrating in an expiratory blast of air.	Phonations
D010700	Phonetics	The science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Speech Sounds,Sound, Speech,Sounds, Speech,Speech Sound
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001184	Articulation Disorders	Disorders of the quality of speech characterized by the substitution, omission, distortion, and addition of phonemes.	Phonological Impairments,Speech Articulation Disorders,Articulation Disorders, Developmental,Developmental Articulation Disorders,Disarticulation Disorders,Misarticulation,Phonology Impairment,Unintelligible Articulation,Articulation Disorder,Articulation Disorder, Developmental,Articulation Disorder, Speech,Articulation Disorders, Speech,Articulation, Unintelligible,Articulations, Unintelligible,Developmental Articulation Disorder,Disarticulation Disorder,Disorder, Disarticulation,Disorders, Disarticulation,Impairment, Phonological,Impairment, Phonology,Impairments, Phonological,Impairments, Phonology,Phonological Impairment,Phonology Impairments,Speech Articulation Disorder,Unintelligible Articulations