Search for dissertations about: "Marilyn Vihman"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Marilyn Vihman.

  2. 1. The acquisition of contrast : a longitudinal investigation of initial s+plosive cluster development in Swedish children

    Author : Fredrik Karlsson; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Peter E. Czigler; Marilyn M. Vihman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; phonological contrast; speech development; place and manner of articulation; aspiration; structural complexity; acoustic cues; homonym production; Phonetics; Fonetik;

    Abstract : This Thesis explores the development of word-initial s+plosive consonant clusters in the speech of Swedish children between the ages of 1;6 and 4;6. Development in the word-initial consonant clusters is viewed as being determined by 1) the children’s ability to articulate the target sequence of consonants, 2) the level of understanding of which acoustic features in the adult model production are significant for the signalling of the intended distinction, and 3) the children’s ability to apply established production patterns only to productions where the acquired feature agrees with the adult target, to achieve a contrast between rival output forms. READ MORE

  4. 2. The magic of matching – speech production and perception in language acquisition

    Author : Lena F. Renner; Ulla Sundberg; Mattias Heldner; Marilyn Vihman; Daniel Swingley; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; First language acquisition; phonology; lexicon; vocabulary; speech production and perception; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between speech production and speech perception in the early stages of phonological and lexical acquisition. Previous studies have mainly focused on independent investigations of speech production and perception abilities in language acquisition. READ MORE