Inner City Black Children's Production of the Voiceless |TH| in the Medial and Final Phonemic Positions

Author

Janet M. Sitz, Fontbonne College

Year of Award

1979

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

College

College of Education & Allied Health

Department

Communication Disorders and Deaf Education

First Advisor

Marie Damien Adams

Keywords

phoneme, african american, pidgin, dialect, non-standard English

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether there is an increased use of correct articulation with advancing age as indicated by the earlier syntactical study. The precise question may be stated as: does the percentage of correct production of the |th| in the medial and final position increase with the age of the black child?

Document Type

Restricted Thesis

Recommended Citation

Sitz, Janet M., "Inner City Black Children's Production of the Voiceless |TH| in the Medial and Final Phonemic Positions" (1979). All Theses, Dissertations, and Capstone Projects. 53.
https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/all-etds/53