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- Title
Production of Word-Initial Consonant Sequences by Francophone Preschoolers with a Developmental Phonological Disorder.
- Authors
Rvachew, Susan; Leroux, Émilie; Brosseau-Lapré, Françoise
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study is to describe patterns of word initial consonant sequence errors as produced by 50 francophone children, age 46 to 69 months, who were receiving treatment for a developmental phonological disorder (DPD) in Québec. Method: The children's productions of consonant sequences on a single-word test of articulation were coded as correct or incorrect and each error type was classified in relation to the 17 types of error described by Chin and Dinnsen (1992) for English-speaking children. Errors were also described in relation to types of consonant sequences as represented in French phonology. Results: The description of consonant sequence errors by francophone children revealed similarities and differences in comparison to English-speaking children. A high degree of variability was observed across words and participants. Conclusion: The need to take into account language-specific developmental norms for phonemes and prosodic structures when planning phonology intervention is highlighted in this study.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); LANGUAGE classification; SPEECH evaluation; SPEECH disorder diagnosis; ANALYSIS of variance; CONSONANTS; INTELLIGENCE tests; RESEARCH methodology; REFERENCE values; INTELLIGIBILITY of speech; VIDEO recording; HUMAN voice; HUMAN error; MEAN length of utterance; CHILDREN
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, 2014, Vol 37, Issue 4, p252
- ISSN
1913-200X
- Publication type
Article