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A pilot study on the ability of young children and adults to identify and reproduce novel speech sounds
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Yeni-Komshian, Grace H. |
| Copyright Year | 1968 |
| Abstract | By-Yent-Komshian, Crace; And Others A Pilot Study on the Ability of Young Children and Adults to Identify and Reproduce Novel Speech Sounds. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md. NeuroCommunications Lab. Spons Agency-National Inst. of Chald Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Md. Pub Dikte 68 Note17p.; Paper published in the 1968 Annual Report, Neurocommunications Laboratory, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21218. EDRS Price MF-S0.25 HC-$0.95 Descriptors-, Acoustic Phonetics, Age Differences, Arabic, Articulation (Speech), *Auditory Perception, *Phonology, Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Learning This study was designed to compare children and adults on their initial ability to identify and reproduce novel speech sounds and to evaluate their p_erformance after receiving several training sessions in producing these sounds. The novel speech sounds used were two voiceless fricatives which are consonant phonemes in Arabic but which are completely foreign to monolingual English-speaking Americans. The sounds were presented in the context of oneand twosyllable Arabic words (target words). There were four target words, and each word was associated with a small plastic form of a common olpfect. This approach simulated some elements of actual language learning. The obfects were used to elicit identification responses from the subrcts. This paper reports results for two male subfects who participated in seven hal -hour training sessions given within a period of twelve days. (Dne subfect was five years old; the other was 21. Reproduction responses were fudged by two adult listeners who are native speakers of Lebanese Arabic. Spectral analyses and amplitude-frequency cross-sections of the fricative portion were also made. Results do not provide any evidence that children are better than adults in acquiring novel speech sounds. (DO) |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED030858.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
