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A note concerning /s/ plus stop clusters in the speech of language-delayed children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Z. S. Bond*
Affiliation:
Ohio University
*
Z. S. Bond, School of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701

Abstract

The acquisition of /s/ plus stop clusters by language-delayed children was compared with normal acquisition, first, for phonemic substitutions and second, for differential use of voice onset time (VOT) for the substituted stops. Ten children, diagnosed as language delayed, produced 95 percent of the intended clusters as singleton stops; children who could employ VOT contrastively produced most stops, substituting for clusters with VOT values in the long lag range.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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