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  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Developmental Linguistics
  • Child Phonology

Background:

  • Normative phonological data are essential for assessing children's speech sound skills.
  • Such data are currently insufficient for Italian-speaking children.
  • This gap hinders accurate evaluation of phonological acquisition in this population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the phonological development of typically developing Italian-speaking children.
  • To analyze speech sound variations across different age bands.
  • To investigate the role of infrequent variants (InfrVar) in phonological development.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed 183 Italian-speaking children aged 3;0-4;11 using a picture naming task.
  • Analyzed phonological variations (Tokens, Types, pattern occurrence, InfrVar).
  • Applied two cut-off criteria to differentiate InfrVar from phonological patterns.

Main Results:

  • Phonological measures, including InfrVar, decreased with increasing age.
  • Identified 22 phonological patterns consistent with existing literature.
  • The choice of cut-off criteria significantly impacted pattern identification, suggesting some patterns may be InfrVar.

Conclusions:

  • Phonological development in Italian children shows a gradual refinement with age.
  • The distinction between phonological patterns and InfrVar requires careful consideration of cut-off criteria.
  • Further research with younger children is needed to understand low-frequency patterns and the significance of InfrVar in early development.