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Paul-Brown, Diane; Yeni-Komshian, Grace H. – 1984
A study of the phonetic changes occurring when a speaker attempts to revise an unclear word for a listener focuses on changes made in the sound segment duration to maximize differences between phonemes. In the study, five-year-olds were asked by adults to revise words differing in voicing of initial and final stop consonants; a control group of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Language Acquisition