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Stockman, Ida J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: This study aimed to show (a) whether the minimal competence core (MCC) of consonants used by African American preschoolers in I. Stockman (2006) can be observed in a larger group of children using shorter and more controlled speech samples and (b) whether the MCC pass/fail outcomes are differentially related to performance on selected…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Phonetics, Phonemes
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2006
Purpose: The variable deletion of word-final consonants is a well-known feature of African American English (AAE). This study aimed to show whether African American children exhibit an alveolar bias in their deletion of final voiceless stops as has been observed for their production of final nasals. Method: The data were extracted from more than…
Descriptors: Phonetics, African American Children, Phonemes, Articulation (Speech)