LING 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Temporal Lobe, Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Peter Van Riper
30 Sep 2015
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Alds 2604 speech production disorders in childhood. Speech = motor production of speech sounds using respiratory & vocal production systems in conjunction w/ articulators in order to form words & sentences. Accounts for most of all communication disorders. Most complex coordination activity most ppl ever master (by 8 to 10 yrs of age) Prevalence of speech disorders: *diagram in lecture slide* Structural & functional integrity (hearing, oral structure, velopharyngeal (vp) closure, etc. ) Capacity to establish and learn rules regarding distinctive features or phonological rules. Phonemes: mental representation of speech sounds e. g. /p/, /i/, etc. Phones: actual production of speech sounds in various linguistic environments. Allophones: sounds which are perceived by speakers of given language to represent same phoneme. Phonology: system & rules by which speech sounds organized in any given language. Infants to 8/9 months sensitive to distinctions of most languages. Lose ability to perceive distinctive features not meaningful in language of exposure (around 10 months of age)
