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Phonological Development in Specific Contexts

Phonological Development in Specific Contexts

Dr. Zhu Hua

(2002)

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Abstract

This is the first book-length study of phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It provides the first normative data on this population, which will be of value to speech and language therapists and other professionals. It also advances the notion of 'phonological saliency’ which explains the cross-linguistic similarities and differences in children's phonological development.


Zhu Hua obtained a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where she is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Speech studied. She is also a qualified translator-interpreter and teacher. Since 1996, she has been involved in a number of research projects on language acquisition and disorders. She has published extensively on child language (Journal of Child Language, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders) and cross-cultural pragmatics (Journal of Pragmatics, Multilingua).


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
Preface viii
Acknowledgements xi
Conventions on Transcriptions xii
Chapter 1 Language Universals and Crosslinguistic Studies of Phonological Acquisition 1
Chapter 2 Putonghua Phonology 30
Chapter 3 Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. I: Cross-sectional Study 45
Chapter 4 Phonological Acquisition of Normally Developing Children. II: Longitudinal Study 78
Chapter 5 The Phonological Systems of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders 106
Chapter 6 Development and Change in the Phonology of Putonghua-speaking Children with Functional Speech Disorders 130
Chapter 7 The Phonological Systems of a set of Putonghua-speaking Twins 147
Chapter 8 Phonological Development of a Putonghua-speaking Child with Prelingual Hearing Impairment: A Longitudinal Case Study 161
Chapter 9 General Discussion and Conclusion 172
References 188
Appendices 201
Index 216