The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53).
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2009
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| author | Cho, Won Ron |
| author2 | Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel. |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/459962019-04-11T02:54:22Z The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children Cho, Won Ron Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53). Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. The purpose of this study is to gain some insight into the speech acquisition process and articulator development of young children whose mother-tongue is American English. The presence of voice-bars after the closure of voiceless coda consonants in consonant-final words from early child speech is not consistent with the idea that voice-bars are important for distinguishing voiced consonants from voiceless consonants. This study examined this potential deviation from the adult speech model and asked whether children become better at producing voice-bars after the appropriate set of voiced consonants as they become older. The consonant final words chosen for this study are bug, cup, duck, and tub, in recordings of the speech of 5 children (ages 2;6-3;2). The recordings were taken over the period of 6 months. The results show that the children do become better at producing voice-bars after the selected set of voiced consonants as they become older. This voice-bar production pattern suggests that these children at some point have realized that voice-bars are important for distinguishing voiced consonants from voiceless consonants. by Won Ron Cho. M.Eng. 2009-06-30T16:57:20Z 2009-06-30T16:57:20Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45996 351704379 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 53 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Cho, Won Ron The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title | The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title_full | The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title_fullStr | The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title_full_unstemmed | The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title_short | The voice-bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| title_sort | voice bar after closure of coda consonants in the speech of young children |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45996 |
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