Repetition of words and non-words in typically developing children [Elektronisk resurs] The role of prosody

• In this study, segmental and prosodic aspects of word repetition and non-word repetition in typically developing children aged four to six years were investigated. Focus was on developmental differences, and on how tonal word accent and word length affect segment production accuracy. Prosodically controlled words and non-words were repeated by 44 Swedish-speaking children. Repetition accuracy for both words and non-words increased with age, and was higher for words than non-words. Further, tonal word accents I and II provided different conditions for segment repetition in favor of accent II during both word repetition and non-word repetition for older children, but only during word repetition for younger children. This suggests age-dependent differences regarding how prosody is stored and integrated with segments. The findings have theoretical significance regarding the role of prosody in the perception, processing and production of phonological information. There are also clinical implications concerning the interpretation of repetition tasks and the potential use of prosody in speech and language intervention. 

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Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Non-word repetition

phonology

prosody

Swedish

tonal word accent

typical language development

word repetition

Nonordsrepetition

fonologi

prosodi

svenska

ordaccent

typisk språkutveckling

ordrepetition