The acquisition of voicing contrast in normal and at-risk children

This paper reports an acoustical investigation of the development of the voicing contrast in Italian word initial stops produced by three groups of infants: premature, low-birth and controls. The purposes of the study were to compare the patterns of acquisition of thc acoustic-phonetic cues for voicing in the speech of at-risk infants and controls and to discuss the inter-group differencies in relation to phonological proficiency.

Publication type: 
Contributo in atti di convegno
Author or Creator: 
°Bortolini U.
Zmarich C.*
Bonifacio S.*
Publisher: 
Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I, Aix-en-Provence, FRA
Source: 
XIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, pp. 150–153, Aix-en-Provence (F), 19-24 Agosto 1991
Date: 
1991
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/268227
urn:isbn:2-85399-267-5
Language: 
Eng
ISTC Author: 
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