Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children

Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children

Two aspects of segmental timing were acoustically measured in the speech production of 30 English and 30 Afrikaans speaking white South African children. These were VOT and medial stop closure duration in VCV nonsense syllables. In addition, medial vowel duration in CVC nonsense syllables was measur...

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Main Author: Carol L. Oosthuizen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1989-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Online Access:https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/293
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spelling doaj-ea9b489b6d5c465996c2c2f9106c741b2020-11-25T02:03:07ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47651989-12-0136110.4102/sajcd.v36i1.293196Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African childrenCarol L. Oosthuizen0Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of StellenboschTwo aspects of segmental timing were acoustically measured in the speech production of 30 English and 30 Afrikaans speaking white South African children. These were VOT and medial stop closure duration in VCV nonsense syllables. In addition, medial vowel duration in CVC nonsense syllables was measured in English speakers. Comparisons were made between younger (mean age 4.25 years) and older (mean age 6.5 years) subjects in each language group. Graphical statistical methods revealed certain trends in the data. English speakers employed short- and long-lag VOT for voiced and voiceless stops while Afrikaans speakers used two short-lag categories. Contextually determined right-to-left timing effects were identified which were in agreement with the literature, with different rates of acquisition of medial stop closure duration rules being observed between the language groups.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/293
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author Carol L. Oosthuizen
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Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
South African Journal of Communication Disorders
author_facet Carol L. Oosthuizen
author_sort Carol L. Oosthuizen
title Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
title_short Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
title_full Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
title_fullStr Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
title_full_unstemmed Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children
title_sort segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in english and afrikaans speaking white south african children
publisher AOSIS
series South African Journal of Communication Disorders
issn 0379-8046
2225-4765
publishDate 1989-12-01
description Two aspects of segmental timing were acoustically measured in the speech production of 30 English and 30 Afrikaans speaking white South African children. These were VOT and medial stop closure duration in VCV nonsense syllables. In addition, medial vowel duration in CVC nonsense syllables was measured in English speakers. Comparisons were made between younger (mean age 4.25 years) and older (mean age 6.5 years) subjects in each language group. Graphical statistical methods revealed certain trends in the data. English speakers employed short- and long-lag VOT for voiced and voiceless stops while Afrikaans speakers used two short-lag categories. Contextually determined right-to-left timing effects were identified which were in agreement with the literature, with different rates of acquisition of medial stop closure duration rules being observed between the language groups.
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