DEVELOPMENT OF PHONOLOGICAL CATEGORIES

描述（由申请人提供）：目的是了解功能性（非器质性）语音发育迟缓儿童的声音系统发育。六个项目计划评估的方式，儿童重建他们的代表性的话在心理词典。每个项目都利用单一主题的实验性临床治疗来诱导声音系统的重组。假设是，语音重建将影响的方式，儿童的表征最初的结构，组织和访问的词汇。这些假设来自当代语言学和心理语言学模型，可能有助于语言和语言处理的综合观点。本研究的结果在功能性语音发育迟缓儿童治疗的设计、实施和疗效方面具有临床应用价值。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim is to understand development of the sound system by children with functional (nonorganic) phonological delays. Six projects are planned to evaluate the way in which children restructure their representation of words in the mental lexicon. Each project utilizes single-subject experimental clinical treatment to induce restructuring of the sound system. The hypotheses are that phonological restructuring will be influenced by the way in which children's representations are initially structured, organized and accessed from the lexicon. These hypotheses derive from contemporary linguistic and psycholinguistic models to potentially contribute to an integrated view of language and language processing. The outcome of this research holds clinical application in the design, implementation and efficacy of treatment for children with functional phonological delays.