Development of Voice Onset Time in Standard-Greek and Cypriot-Greek-Speaking Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Okalidou, Areti; Petinou, Kakia; Theodorou, Eleni; Karasimou, Eleni
Titel	Development of Voice Onset Time in Standard-Greek and Cypriot-Greek-Speaking Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 24 (2010) 7, S.503-519 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
DOI	10.3109/02699200903437914
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Age Differences; Audio Equipment; Language Acquisition; Greek; Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Child Language; Auditory Stimuli; Adults; Cultural Differences; Acoustics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics; Phonetics; Dialects; Phonetic Analysis; Cyprus; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Audio-CD; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Grieche; Griechisch; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Auditive Stimulation; Kultureller Unterschied; Akustik; Fonologie; Soziolinguistik; Phonetik; Fonetik; Dialect; Dialekt; Phonetic method; Lautanalytische Methode; Zypern; Griechenland
Abstract	The current investigation examined the development of voice onset time (VOT) in Standard-Greek (SG) and Cypriot-Greek (CG)-speaking children at age levels 2;0-2;5, 2;6-2;11, 3;0-3;5, and 3;6-4;0 years. SG presents with a two-way voicing contrast (voiced and voiceless unaspirated stops) whereas CG is a three-way contrast dialect containing voiceless unaspirated, voiceless aspirated, and pre-voiced stops. A cross-sectional design was used. The main goals were: (1) to determine the age at which Greek and Cypriot Greek children acquire voicing contrasts, and (2) to examine the mechanism used during the process of acquisition. Stimuli included pseudo words in minimal pair contrasts differing in stop voicing (e.g. ['gaga] vs ['kaka]). Children were taught the target words using fast mapping procedures. Each member within a word pair referred to an unfamiliar object. Audio-recorded samples were analysed from wide-band spectrograms. Results indicated a greater overall variation of voicing patterns for children than adults, in both Greek and Cypriot VOT contrasts. Greek children acquired consistent pre-voicing and short lag aspiration patterns very early on, achieving adult values for VOT contrasts for alveolar and for velar places of articulation as early as 2;0-2;5 years old. On the contrary, a developmental lag in the acquisition of voicing contrasts was noted for Cypriot children as compared to the Greek counterparts. Accounts about the developmental differences among Greek and Cypriot children with respect to the adult VOT contrasts are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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