The acquisition of the voicing contrast in Thai: a study of voice onset time in word-initial stop consonants  

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Gandour, Jack ; Dechongkit, Sumalee ; DARDARANANDA, ROCHANA ; Petty, Soranee Holasuit ; Mukngoen, Sunee

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Child Language (ada di PROQUEST) vol. 13 no. 1 (Feb. 1986), page 561-572.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/JCL/13 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This paper reports on a cross-sectional acoustical investigation of the development of the voicing contrast in Thai word-initial stops. Voice onset time (VOT) productions associated with three bilabial stops (/b p ph/), three alveolar stops (/d t th/), and two velar stops (/k kh/) were measured in seven 3-year-old children, seven s-year-old children, seven 7-year-old children, and seven adults. Within each age group, differences in mean VOT between homorganic stop consonants indicated that 3-year-olds have acquired all voicing contrasts except /b/ vs. /p/ and /d/ vs. /t/. By age five, children have acquired all voicing contrasts. However, as measured by differences in mean VOT across age groups, s-year-olds still do not produce /b/ or/d/ in an adult-like manner. Issues concerning the order of acquisition and nature of development of stop consonants are discussed.

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