In:
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, American Speech Language Hearing Association, Vol. 45, No. 3 ( 1980-08), p. 336-345
Abstract:
The focus of this study was an examination of the functions served by consonant assimilation and reduplication in the speech of eight language-disordered children. The findings suggested that assimilation may have served the function of allowing the children to produce words in a manner enabling them to avoid difficult consonants, while reduplication may have served the function of allowing the children to produce multisyllabic words at a time when they were not yet able to handle the syllable structure of the adult forms of these words. The implications of these findings for lexical and speech sound training are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-4677
,
2163-6184
DOI:
10.1044/jshd.4503.336
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Publication Date:
1980
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