Alveolar bias in the final consonant deletion patterns of African American children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Stockman, Ida J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alveolar stops; Final consonant deletion

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646719125     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/011)     Document Type: Article

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