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Anderson, Virgil A.; Newby, Hayes A. – 1973
This is primarily a book for the classroom teacher, although it will also prove useful to parents, child-guidance workers, physicians, and others who are concerned with the development and training of children with speech handicaps. Contents include "Speech Improvement as an Educational Problem,""Recognizing Speech Disabilities,""The Development…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Dialects
Ragsdale, J. Donald; Dauterive, Rosemary – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1986
Examined the speech patterns of three- to eight-year-old children. Results showed that the children most often used "ah" phenomena and unfilled pauses as do adults. "Ah" phenomena showed a significant increase with age, especially between five and six among the females. (SRT)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Language, Communication Research
Muma, John Ronald – 1967
Since speech pathologists are interested in the role nonfluent behavior may play in the onset or development of stuttering, this study compared the linguistic behavior of 17 fluent four-year-old children to that of 17 nonfluent children similar in age, intelligence, sex, sibling status, race, socioeconomic status, and education. The aspects of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Ability, Language Acquisition