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A Dialect Study Of Oregon Norms, Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard
A Dialect Study Of Oregon Norms, Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard
Dissertations and Theses
The pioneers and settlers of the Oregon Territory were not of one ilk. They came from various places and brought their separate speech patterns with them. This study sought to identify which major North American English dialect was present in the first half of the 20th century in Oregon. Analysis relied on the descriptions for the Southern, Northern, Midlands, and Western dialects. Some dialect features have acoustic measurements attached to their descriptions, and others do not. The analytical process was based on acoustic measurements for vowel classes and individual tokens, as well as global observations about the place of …
Percentage Of Phonological Process Usage In Expressive Language Delayed Children, Sherri Lynn Miller
Percentage Of Phonological Process Usage In Expressive Language Delayed Children, Sherri Lynn Miller
Dissertations and Theses
Language delay and phonological delay have been shown to coexist. Because they so often co-occur, it is possible that they may interact, sharing a relationship during the child's development. A group of children who were "late talkers" as toddlers, achieved normal development in their syntactic ability by the preschool period. Because their language abilities are known to have increased rapidly, data on their phonological development could provide information on the relationship between phonological and syntactic development.
The purpose of this study was to compare the percentage of phonological process usage of the eight most commonly used simplification processes in four-year-old …
A Comparison Of The Phonological Skills Of Late Talking And Normal Toddlers, Patricia Joan Jennings
A Comparison Of The Phonological Skills Of Late Talking And Normal Toddlers, Patricia Joan Jennings
Dissertations and Theses
In the present study, the speech of twenty-four normally speaking toddlers and twenty-eight late talking toddlers was analyzed with respect to the syllable structures produced during a speech sample. The groups were matched with regard to age, sex, and socio-economic status, all passed a hearing screening, and all scored at least 85 on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.
Normative Study Of Phonological Process Patterns Of Preschool Children As Measured By The Assessment Of Phonological Processes, Revised, Lori Jean Griffith
Normative Study Of Phonological Process Patterns Of Preschool Children As Measured By The Assessment Of Phonological Processes, Revised, Lori Jean Griffith
Dissertations and Theses
The questions this study sought to answer were: Do normally developing children exhibit phonological process deviations; what is the frequency of occurrence of each phonological process deviation by age group; and does the number of phonological process deviations and the average total frequency of occurrence of phonological process deviations decrease as age increases?
Normative Data For The Tennessee Test Of Rhythm And Intonation Patterns (T-Trip), Ray Drommond
Normative Data For The Tennessee Test Of Rhythm And Intonation Patterns (T-Trip), Ray Drommond
Dissertations and Theses
Prosody is the flow of speech created by controlling elements such as pitch, rate, loudness, and stress (Tiffany and Carrell, 1977). Prosody is vital to intelligibility of speech and also communicates meaning. Despite the importance of prosody, however, few tests for the adequacy of prosodic ability in young children have been published (Koike and Asp, 1981a). To remedy this paucity of tools, Koike and Asp published the Tennessee Test of Rhythm and Intonation Patterns (T-TRIP). The clinical usefulness of the T-TRIP has been limited by a lack of normative data against which to compare individual children's performance.
The purpose of …
Phonational Frequency Ranges In Vocally Untrained Adults Using Different Cardinal Vowels, Lorie Renee Chambers
Phonational Frequency Ranges In Vocally Untrained Adults Using Different Cardinal Vowels, Lorie Renee Chambers
Dissertations and Theses
In the clinical management of voice clients, it is important to measure accurate pitch ranges in order to determine if a client has a normal range or is speaking at an optimum pitch. It is not clear from the literature which vowel should be used in determining these pitch ranges. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the phonational frequency ranges in adults with no vocal training when phonating the cardinal vowels of /i/, /u/, and /a/. The investigation sought to answer the following question: Does the phonational frequency range in vocally untrained adults vary significantly when phonating the …