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Saaristo-Helin, Katri – Language and Speech, 2009
This study applies the Phonological Mean Length of Utterance measurement (PMLU; Ingram & Ingram, 2001; Ingram, 2002) to the data of five children acquiring Finnish and evaluates their phonological development longitudinally at four different age points: 2;0, 2;6, 3;0, and 3;6. The children's results on PMLU and related measures are discussed…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonology, Individual Differences, Followup Studies
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Ylinen, Sari; Shestakova, Anna; Alku, Paavo; Huotilainen, Minna – Language and Speech, 2005
Some languages, such as Finnish, use speech-sound duration as the primary cue for a phonological quantity distinction. For second-language (L2) learners, quantity is often difficult to master if speech-sound duration plays a less important role in the phonology of their native language (L1). By comparing the categorization performance of native…
Descriptors: Finno Ugric Languages, Perception, Phonology, Phonemes