Artic Midterm questions Flashcards
Similarities between the structure of speech during babbling stages and early words?
syllable structure. In canonical babbling from 6-10 months, the babbles follow a CV pattern. When producing early words, they also follow this structure of CV.
Differences between the structure of speech during babbling stages and early words?
In babbling, the CV structure is often reduplicated such as da-da-da. In early words, we begin to see more stress in words.
Relational analyses
reveals the errors and is easier to compare to adult’s productions (correct target), meant for older children (past 100 words), 4-7 years
Independent analysis
appropriate for children in single-word stages and the first half of two words (less than 100 words), 2-3 years old, also meant for highly unintelligible children. An example test that could be administered for this analysis is the GFTA-3
What can be learned from an independent analysis?
appropriate for children with less than 100 words which includes prelinguistic speech, the single-word period and the first half of the two-word period. Inventories for this include consonant phones, syllable/word shapes and criterion is 2 different words or utterances. May be best for a highly unintelligible child at the representational and later stages.
What can be learned from a relational analysis?
when the child’s forms are compared to an adult’s form. It is appropriate for the representational period which is 1 and a half to 4 years and phonetic inventory completion which is ages 4-7 years. This looks at error patterns and correct production of consonants to determine what is appropriate or not for the age of the child.
representational phases of speech sound development?
(18-24 months): characteristics: understanding the representation of the target and application of more systematic rules, two-word stage, rapid increase in vocabulary, systematic relation between child and adult forms, and phoneme-based representation.
Prerepresentational phases of speech sound development?
Characteristics: single word stage (first 50 words), universal phonetic features (example: stops), individual differences, variability, and word-by-word representation.
What can spontaneous speech analysis tell us about phonological processes?
child’s speech in a natural setting, how their language presents in a natural setting vs. a controlled setting, phonological processes, see what is happening to the sounds that are being missed during natural speech to target those sounds.
What are the phonological processes associated with development in children less than 3 years old?
Velar fronting, Voicing of prevocalic consonants, consonant harmony, final consonant deletion, reduplication, and unstressed syllable deletion.
Define velar fronting and give an example
Substituting of an Alveolar for a velar sound (/k/ [ki] -> /t/ [ti], or /g/ [go] -> /d/ [do])
Define voicing of a prevocalic consonant and give an example
Voicing an obstruent in prevocalic position (/p/ [pal] -> /b/ [bal], /k/ [kIk]-> [gIk])
Define consonant harmony and give an example
Assimilation of non-adjacent consonants in a word (Progressive labial - [but] [bup], Regressive labial - [ʤʌmp] [bʌmp]
Final consonant deletion
Deleting the end constant ([bal] -> [ba], [car] -> [ca])
Reduplication
Assimilation of one syllable to another (bottle -> [baba], water -> [wawa])
Unstressed syllable deletion
Weak stressed syllables are deleted (banana -> [nænʌ])
What are the phonological processes associated with development in children 3 years old and older?
consonant cluster simplification, Epenthesis, Assimilation, Fronting- [tey] for key, Devoicing of final consonants ex: [sit] for seed, Gliding- ex: [ju] for blue, Vocalization- [bido] for beatle, Stopping, Depalatalization- ex: [sip] for ship (manner)
consonant cluster simplification
ex: child producing [sip] for sleep.
Epenthesis
adding in a vowel sound to a word producing [bəlu] for blue
Assimilation
one sound influencing another- producing [gog] for dog
What phonological processes can persist beyond age 4 with typically developing children?
Unstressed syllable deletion especially in polysyllabic words, Consonant cluster simplification, Gliding, Deaffrication
Deaffrication
when an affricate such as [ch] is replaced with a fricative or a stop. For example, it would look chip -> ship. (place)
What is the theory of continuity and what evidence is there for it?
Continuity: the phonetic forms frequently used and practiced in babbling are the same as those that children produce in early words.
Evidence: 1.) Babbling [p,b,t,d,k,g,m,n,w,j,h,s] accounted for 92-97% of consonants produced by 124 children learning English (11-12 months). 2.) The first 50 words were the most frequently used consonants in babbling and were also the most frequently produced in early words.
Activity
the execution of a task or action.
participation
Involvement in a life situation.
How are activity and participation relevant to assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders?
Understanding activities, activity limitations, participation, and participation restrictions is important for planning therapy for a child with a speech disorder. These factors help identify where they struggle. Addressing specific speech challenges helps improve their skills (or the activity), while recognizing participation restrictions allows therapists to develop strategies to boost the child’s confidence in social situations.
What sound classes appear to be acquired early?
vowels , nasals, stops
What are some other problems associated with SSD that could limit educational and occupational opportunities?
Communication difficulties, social-environmental development, academic performance, listening skills, and family dynamics.
Nonlinear phonology
hierarchical nature of relationships among phonological units. It outlines the hierarchical representation of phonological form from the higher structural levels such as the prosodic phase, word, foot, syllable, and sub syllabic components
prosodic phrase
a group of words that are organized into a phrase based on their rhythmic, durational, and tone properties.