Naslov
Application of PRAAT program for speech analysis of preschool children - an example of research

Autori
Müller, Mirela ; Višić, Maroje

Izvornik
The journal of language and linguistic studies (1305-578X) 18 (2022), 2; 390-404

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Praat program ; preschool children ; speech difficulties ; pronunciation disorders ; methodological implications

Sažetak
The intention of every speaker is the production of speech that with all its characteristics satisfies its primary, informative function. Speech is the most important means of human communication, and without it, communication would be almost impossible. It is believed that a child at the age of about three has adopted the most basic of speech, which does not mean that the child pronounces all the sounds correctly, nor that his speech, in general, will not develop further. This paper discusses the speech development of early and preschool children. The research paper analyzed a part of the auditory recorded corpus of spontaneous speech collected from preschool children aged 4-6 years using the Praat program for speech analysis in order to determine the frequency of types of speech difficulties in the expression of preschool speakers. The paper starts from the basic hit hypothesis that preschool children who spend more time with digital screens in a foreign language later have difficulties in speaking their mother tongue. A total of N = 14 children and their N= 11 parents were participated in the study. The advantage of digital information over analog is that digital information is less susceptible to interference, damage, distortion and other influences during processing.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Pedagogija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Filologija

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