- Minimal Pairs Wordlist by John Higgins
Minimal pairs are pairs of words whose pronunciation differs at only one segment, such as sheep and ship or lice and rice. They are often used in listening
tests and pronunciation exercises. Theoretically it is the existence of minimal pairs which enables linguists to build up the phoneme inventory for a language or
dialect, though the process is not without difficulty.
(Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)
- Normal Speech Development
The gradual acquisition of the speech sound system by Speech Pathologist Caroline Bowen.
(Added: Wed May 01 2002)
- Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - ASHA
Although a "tongue thrust" swallow is normal in infancy, it usually decreases and
disappears as a child grows. Continued forward tongue posture may cause a child to
look, speak, and swallow differently than other children of the same age. Older children
may become self-conscious about their appearance.
(Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)
- Talking Tips - Articulation from Speech Delay.com
Articulation refers to the actual speech
sounds that make up words (i.e. "s, l,
r"..), as well as how the sounds are put
together to produce syllables, words,
and sentences.
(Added: Tue Jan 01 2002)
- The sounds of speech
Most children learn to use different speech sounds by fairly predictable ages. A four or five year old child who is
distorting a sound -- saying "wabbit" for "rabbit", or "thikth" for "six", is not nearly as worrisome as if he is leaving
quite a few sounds out -- saying "a-uh" for "water", or "tuh" for "cup".
(Added: Tue Jan 01 2002)
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