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Phonological processes in Kannada-speaking adolescents with Down syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20136507     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Phonological process analysis was carried out using a 40-word imitation task with 30 11;6-14;6 year old Kannada-speaking persons with Down syndrome in comparison with 15 non-verbal mental age matched typically developing children. Percentages of occurrence were significantly higher for the Down syndrome group with certain exceptions. Some phonological processes were observed only in the Down syndrome group. Kannada is a non-Indo European language spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka that has not had much research attention, especially with respect to persons with communication disorders. This paper highlights the phonological processes observed in school-aged persons with Down syndrome, some of which are similar to those observed in English and Dutch (cluster reduction, stopping, gliding, consonant harmony) and others that differ owing to differences in Kannada's phonology (e.g. retroflex fronting, degemination). The study gives a cross-linguistic perspective to the study of phonological processes in Down syndrome.
Authors:
Vani Rupela; R Manjula; Shelley L Velleman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical linguistics & phonetics     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1464-5076     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Linguist Phon     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-13     Completed Date:  2010-08-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802622     Medline TA:  Clin Linguist Phon     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  431-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for the Handicapped, Secunderabad, India. vavaoka@gmail.com <vavaoka@gmail.com>
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Cognition Disorders / complications
Down Syndrome* / complications
Female
Humans
India
Language*
Male
Phonetics*
Psycholinguistics
Speech
Speech Production Measurement

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