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Steensel, Nicole van (2024)

Phonological Development in Children with DLD: An Exploratory Study of [R]

Bachelor thesis | Taalwetenschap (BA)

In this exploratory study, the productions of the phoneme /ʀ/ were examined in the speech samples of 25 children. All children (aged 2;11 - 6;3) have a (presumed) Developmental Language Disorder and were attending either a toddler Intervention Group or an Auris Language school. From each child a language sample was elicited twice in a play situation and during a picture naming task, by their speech therapist, with an interval of 3 months. The productions of target /ʀ/ within these speech samples were studied and analyzed in terms of correctness, substitutions and deletions. Productions revealed a wide variety of renditions of target /ʀ/, the most significant being /ʀ/ -> [l], [ʋ],and [j]. It was difficult to determine progress in the productions of /ʀ/ between the two recordings, which indicates the need for a longer interval between recordings, or more recordings. A deviating development of /ʀ/ could be observed in the data of this specific group of children.

Phonology

Developmental Language Disorder

Exploratory

Language development

Child Language

Author

Steensel, Nicole van

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Language and Cognition

Supervisors

Levelt, C.C.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en