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A measure for cluster proximity (MCP) in child speech

Babatsouli, Elena, Sotiropoulos Dimitris

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/81F62B7F-6E2E-4516-AAA7-0C9FE5061E80-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2018.1510982-
Identifierhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699206.2018.1510982-
Languageen-
Extent19 pagesen
TitleA measure for cluster proximity (MCP) in child speechen
CreatorBabatsouli, Elenaen
CreatorSotiropoulos Dimitrisen
CreatorΣωτηροπουλος Δημητρηςel
PublisherTaylor & Francisen
Content SummaryThe proximity of consonant clusters in child speech is measured in the literature by the proportion of adult-like produced clusters to targeted clusters. With this measure, all clusters that are produced adult-like score 100%, while all others score 0%. Consonant clusters in child speech go through three main developmental stages: omission, reduction, two-member production (as targeted or substituted). Several authors claim that two-member clusters produced as two members should be considered acquired whether realised as targeted or not. In view of all these, a measure is needed that quantitatively differentiates all possible realisations of two-member clusters: omission, reduction, vowel epenthesis, two-member production, distinguishing substituted consonants from adult-like ones. Such a measure is proposed in the present article. To demonstrate its validity, the measure is applied to cluster productions of typically and atypically developing monolingual and bilingual children cross-linguistically. Moreover, it is applied to a bilingual Greek-English child’s consonant clusters at age 2;7, when all cluster realisations are present. The aim is for the measure to be used in establishing norms for each stage in cluster development which will, in turn, guide assessment and intervention in phonologically delayed/disordered children.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2019-05-23-
Date of Publication2018-
SubjectAccuracyen
SubjectAtypicalen
SubjectChilden
SubjectConsonant clustersen
SubjectDevelopmenten
SubjectMeasureen
SubjectTypicalen
SubjectSpeechen
Bibliographic Citation E. Babatsouli and D. Sotiropoulos, "A measure for cluster proximity (MCP) in child speech," Clin. Linguist. Phon., vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 1071-1089, Dec. 2018. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1510982en

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