Predictors of consonant development and the development of a test of French phonology

The goal of this study was to predict accuracy of consonant production by French-speaking children with speech sound disorders. Articulatory complexity and phoneme frequency was examined in relation to the child's profile of motor or perceptual difficulties. The participants were preschoolers r...

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Main Author: Paul, Marianne
Other Authors: Susan Rvachew (Internal/Supervisor)
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Language:en
Published: McGill University 2010
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.868752014-02-13T03:59:14ZPredictors of consonant development and the development of a test of French phonologyPaul, MarianneHealth Sciences - Speech PathologyThe goal of this study was to predict accuracy of consonant production by French-speaking children with speech sound disorders. Articulatory complexity and phoneme frequency was examined in relation to the child's profile of motor or perceptual difficulties. The participants were preschoolers receiving speech therapy. Three had difficulties in the motor domain and five had difficulties with speech perception. The percentage of consonants correct on the Test of French Phonology, developed for this study, was calculated. For both groups, the best predictor was the phoneme's articulatory complexity combined with its phonological context but phoneme frequency was not predictive. The Motor Group had more difficulty with one- and four-syllable words and syllable onsets than the Perceptual Group whereas the Perceptual Group demonstrated lower accuracy for consonants in the syllable coda position. Non-linear phonology as the theoretical framework for the development of the Test of French Phonology was validated.L'objectif de cette étude était de prédire la justesse articulatoire (JA) d'enfants francophones ayant un trouble primaire de l'articulation. La complexité articulatoire et la fréquence d'occurrence des consonnes ont été examinées en lien avec le profile de difficultés des participants. Tous étaient d'âge préscolaire et recevaient des services en orthophonie; trois avaient des difficultés motrices et cinq des difficultés perceptuelles. Le pourcentage de consonnes correctes au Test Francophone de Phonologie (TFP), développé pour cette étude, a été calculé. Pour les deux groupes, le meilleur élément prédisant la JA était la combinaison de la complexité articulatoire du phonème et son contexte phonologique, et la fréquence d'occurrence était non-prédictive. Les enfants avec difficultés motrices avaient une JA inférieure pour les mots d'une ou quatre syllables et les attaques, contrairement aux enfants avec difficultés perceptuelles dont la JA était plus faible pour les codas. L'utilisation de la phonologie non-linéaire comme base théorique du TFP est validée.McGill UniversitySusan Rvachew (Internal/Supervisor)2010Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Science (School of Communications Sciences and Disorders) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86875
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Paul, Marianne
Predictors of consonant development and the development of a test of French phonology
description The goal of this study was to predict accuracy of consonant production by French-speaking children with speech sound disorders. Articulatory complexity and phoneme frequency was examined in relation to the child's profile of motor or perceptual difficulties. The participants were preschoolers receiving speech therapy. Three had difficulties in the motor domain and five had difficulties with speech perception. The percentage of consonants correct on the Test of French Phonology, developed for this study, was calculated. For both groups, the best predictor was the phoneme's articulatory complexity combined with its phonological context but phoneme frequency was not predictive. The Motor Group had more difficulty with one- and four-syllable words and syllable onsets than the Perceptual Group whereas the Perceptual Group demonstrated lower accuracy for consonants in the syllable coda position. Non-linear phonology as the theoretical framework for the development of the Test of French Phonology was validated. === L'objectif de cette étude était de prédire la justesse articulatoire (JA) d'enfants francophones ayant un trouble primaire de l'articulation. La complexité articulatoire et la fréquence d'occurrence des consonnes ont été examinées en lien avec le profile de difficultés des participants. Tous étaient d'âge préscolaire et recevaient des services en orthophonie; trois avaient des difficultés motrices et cinq des difficultés perceptuelles. Le pourcentage de consonnes correctes au Test Francophone de Phonologie (TFP), développé pour cette étude, a été calculé. Pour les deux groupes, le meilleur élément prédisant la JA était la combinaison de la complexité articulatoire du phonème et son contexte phonologique, et la fréquence d'occurrence était non-prédictive. Les enfants avec difficultés motrices avaient une JA inférieure pour les mots d'une ou quatre syllables et les attaques, contrairement aux enfants avec difficultés perceptuelles dont la JA était plus faible pour les codas. L'utilisation de la phonologie non-linéaire comme base théorique du TFP est validée.
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title_short Predictors of consonant development and the development of a test of French phonology
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