Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine potential concurrent predictors and replicate rates of token-to-token inconsistency (inconsistency in repeated productions of the same word) in 43 children with typical speech-language development, ages 2;6 to 4;2. A standard linear regression was used to determine which variables, if any, among age, expressive and receptive vocabulary, and speech sound production abilities predicted token-to-token inconsistency. Inconsistency rates in children from one research site, reported elsewhere, were compared to rates in children from a second research site. The results revealed that expressive vocabulary was the only significant predictor of token-to-token inconsistency in these children. Furthermore, inconsistency rates were similarly high across the two research sites. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for our theoretical understanding of token-to-token inconsistency and its role in the differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders in children. 2015
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 922-937 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2 2015 |
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Keywords
- Inconsistency assessment
- phonological encoding
- underlying representations
- variability
- vocabulary
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Speech and Hearing
- Linguistics and Language
- Language and Linguistics
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Predictors of token-to-token inconsistency in preschool children with typical speech-language development. / Macrae, Toby; Sosa, Anna V.
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