Phonological Development in Specific Contexts

by Hua, Zhu

• ISBN13: 9781853595882
• ISBN10: 1853595888
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd

Summary

This is the first book-length study of phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It provides the first normative data on this population, which will be of value to speech and language therapists and other professionals. It also advances the notion of 'phonological saliency’ which explains the cross-linguistic similarities and differences in children's phonological development.

Author Biography

Zhu Hua studied telecommunications for her first degree before taking an MA in Linguistics. She is also a qualified translator-interpreter and teacher. Her interests in language and linguistics were initially in the areas of language teaching, translation studies and cross-cultural communication. Since 1996, she has been involved in a number of research projects on language acquisition and disorders. She obtained a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where she is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Speech. She has published extensively on child language (Journal of Child Language, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders) and cross-cultural pragmatics (Journal of Pragmatics, Multilingua)

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	xi
Conventions on Transcriptions	xii
Language Universals and Cross-linguistic Studies of Phonological Acquisition	1	(29)
Introduction	1	(5)
Phonological Acquisition in Normally Developing Circumstances	6	(10)
Phonological Development in Atypical Circumstances	16	(11)
Aims and Objectives of the Current Book	27	(3)
Putonghua Phonology	30	(15)
Introduction	30	(1)
Syllable	31	(1)
Consonants	32	(2)
Vowels	34	(2)
Tones	36	(1)
Tone Sandhi	37	(1)
Weak Stress	37	(1)
Rhotacisation	38	(1)
Intonation	39	(1)
Relationship between Tones and Segments	40	(1)
Issues of Controversy	41	(2)
Differences between Putonghua and Guoyu in Taiwan	43	(1)
Differences between Putonghua Phonology and English Phonology	44	(1)
Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. I: Cross-sectional Study	45	(33)
Introduction	45	(1)
Previous Studies	46	(3)
Method	49	(3)
Data Analysis	52	(2)
Results	54	(11)
Discussion	65	(10)
Summary	75	(3)
Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. II: Longitudinal Study	78	(28)
Introduction	78	(1)
Previous Studies	78	(4)
Method	82	(1)
Data Analysis	83	(1)
Results	84	(12)
Discussion	96	(9)
Summary	105	(1)
The Phonological Systems of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders	106	(24)
Introduction	106	(1)
Method	107	(3)
Results	110	(12)
Discussion	122	(6)
Summary	128	(2)
Development and Change in the Phonology of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders	130	(17)
Introduction	130	(1)
Method	131	(2)
Results	133	(9)
Discussion	142	(3)
Summary	145	(2)
The Phonological Systems of a Set of Putonghua-speaking Twins	147	(14)
Introduction	147	(1)
Method	148	(3)
Results	151	(5)
Discussion	156	(3)
Summary	159	(2)
Phonological Development of a Putonghua-speaking Child with Prelingual Hearing Impairment: A Longitudinal Case Study	161	(11)
Introduction	161	(1)
Method	161	(3)
Results	164	(4)
Discussion	168	(3)
Summary	171	(1)
General Discussion and Conclusion	172	(16)
Introduction	172	(1)
Review of the Major Research Findings	172	(13)
Professional Implications	185	(1)
Pointers for Further Research and Conclusion	186	(2)
References	188	(13)
Appendices	201	(15)
1 Items Used in Picture-naming Task	201	(2)
2 Frequency Distribution of Phonological Features in Picture-naming Task	203	(2)
3 Comparison of Putonghua, Cantonese, English and Xhosa Phonology	205	(1)
4 Procedures for Pure Tone Audiometry	206	(2)
5 Oromotor Examination	208	(1)
6 Visual-motor Integration Test	209	(2)
7 Phoneme Grids: Illustration of Inconsistent Productions	211	(2)
8 ZL's First Attempt in Picture-naming Task at the Age of 3;5, 3;9, 4;1 and 4;5	213	(2)
9 Chronology of Error Patterns	215	(1)
Index	216