Word-initial /r/-clusters in Swedish speaking children with typical versus protracted phonological development

作者：Hammarstrom Inger Lundeborg^*

来源：Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2018, 32(5-6): 446-458.

DOI：10.1080/02699206.2017.1359856

• Children with protracted phonological development
• children with typical development
• Swedish-speaking children
• word-initial
• r
• clusters

The present study investigated word-initial (WI) /r/-clusters in Central Swedish-speaking children with and without protracted phonological development (PPD). Data for WI singleton /r/ and singleton and cluster /l/ served as comparisons. Participants were twelve 4-year-olds with PPD and twelve age- and gender-matched typically developing (TD) controls. Native speakers audio-recorded and transcribed 109 target single words using a Swedish phonology test with 12 WI C+/r/-clusters and three WI CC+/r/-clusters. The results showed significantly higher match scores for the TD children, a lower match proportion for the /r/ targets and for singletons compared with clusters, and differences in mismatch patterns between the groups. There were no matches for /r/-cluster targets in the PPD group, with all children except two in that group showing deletions for both /r/-cluster types. The differences in mismatch proportions and types between the PPD group and controls suggests new directions for future clinical practice.

• 出版日期2018