Article #1

Title Cracking Prosody in Articulatory Phonology

Year 2021

Journal Annual Review of Linguistics

Authors Dani Byrd and Jelena Krivokapic

Language English

Place of USA

research

Aims To review relatively recent incorporation of prosody into articulatory

phonology.

Methods A capsule review of the Articulatory Phonology theoretical

framework is presented, and the notions of phrasal and prominence

organization are introduced as the key aspects of linguistic prosodic

structure under consideration. Parameter dynamics, activation

dynamics, and prosodic modulation gestures, such as the π-gesture,

are outlined

Summary of  Over the last 30 years, Articulatory Phonology's revolutionary

the review ideas have gained acceptance in theoretical phonology.

 Researchers like Browman, Goldstein, and Saltzman have

shown that incorporating time, coordination, and abstract

tasks in linguistic representations can explain phonological

patterns across languages.

 While syllable structure, stress, and rhythm were integrated

earlier, higher-level information is a recent addition. This

 article explores how prosodic structure fits into Articulatory

Phonology, emphasizing abstract informational prosodic

gestures that organize lexical items and their prominence.

 Various prosodic gestures, like π-gestures and tone gestures,

are discussed, with ongoing research needed to fully

incorporate them.

 The model also introduced gestural phrasal boundaries,

altering the traditional view of articulation as an elastic fabric.

 This dynamic approach generated substantial research

supporting its predictions and further developed prosody

within phonological representation, including tone gestures,

oscillators for feet and syllables, spatial and temporal

modulation gestures, and the emergence of prosodic

boundaries through coordination.

Article #2

Title A Comparison of Phonological Processing (PP) Between 4- to 5-

Year-Old

Children With and Without Functional Articulation and Phonological

Disorder (FAPD)

Year 2021

Journal Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders

Authors Kim and Huh

Language Korean

Place of South Korea

research

Aims To compare the phonological processing (PP) of 4- to 5-year-old

children with functional articulation and phonological disorders

(FAPD) and those with typically developing children (TD) and to

investigate correlations between sub-areas.

Methods a total of 48 children including 21

children with FAPD aged 4–5 years of age and 27 TD were selected.

In order to examine

the PP of TD and children with FAPD by presenting both visual and

auditory stimuli, a PP test tool using pictures was created and tested
 to

1) examine phonological working memory ability (PWMA), using

the forward pointing and backward pointing tasks;

2) examine phonological awareness ability (PAA), using elision task,

synthesis task and discrimination task; and

3) examine the retrieval ability of phonological information from the

long term memory (RAPI), using the rapid automatized naming task

Results and First, children with FAPD had lower PWMA than TD. Second,

discussion children with FAPD had lower PAA than TD. Third, children with

and without FAPD had similar RAPI. Fourth, FAPD had no

correlation between all sub-domains, and for TD, there was a

correlation between forward pointing task-elision task, forward

pointing task-discrimination task, and elision task-discrimination task

Conclusion It is important to accurately understand PWMA and PAA before

clinical intervention in children with FAPD. In addition, it would be

more effective to teach PP in clinical intervention by using visual

stimuli such as pictures and pictures for children with FAPD, who

have relatively short attention spans compared to TD.

Article #3

Title Speech Sound Disorders in Children: An Articulatory Phonology

Perspective

Year 2020

Journal Frontiers in Psychology

Authors Namasivayam et al.

Language English

Place of USA

research
Aims To reconcile the phonetic-phonology dichotomy and discuss the

interconnectedness between these levels and the nature of SSDs

using an alternative perspective based on the notion of an articulatory

“gesture” within the broader concepts of the Articulatory Phonology

model (AP; Browman and Goldstein, 1992).

Methods Review article

Results and The following points are discussed in the article

discussion  Articulatory phonology

 Speech motor synergies

 Development of speech motor synergies

 Gestures, synergies, and linguistic contrasts

 Describing casual speech alterations

 Articulatory phonology and speech sound disorders

Clinical assessment and treatment for children with speech sound

disorders (SSD) have been influenced by psycholinguistics and

auditory-perceptual methods. However, current classification systems

lack specificity in connecting the causes (etiology), processing issues,

and speech symptoms. Understanding these interactions is crucial for

diagnosis and treatment. Some theoretical efforts have been made to

explore these connections, and this paper aims to promote a

"gestural" perspective within the field of speech-language pathology,

contributing to limited research in this area.

Article #4

Title A role of onomatopoeia in early language: evidences from

phonological development

Year 2018

Journal Language and cognition

Authors Catherine Laing

Language English

Place of Papua New Guinea

research

Aims To review the literature on onomatopoeia specifically and iconicity

more generally to consider infants’ acquisition from three

perspectives: perception, production, and interaction.

Methods The existing literature on onomatopoeia was considered to determine

whether the sound symbolism bootstrapping hypothesis (Imai & Kita,

2014) could sufficiently explain their predominance in infants’ early

words by considering these forms from three perspectives:

perception, production, and interaction.

Summary of Onomatopoeia offers advantages in early language development,

the review including being highlighted by caregivers' speech prosody and

frequent reduplication. They are phonologically simple and flexible,

aiding infants' participation in conversations despite limited linguistic

skills. However, cultural variations exist, as seen in Papua New

Guinea. Expanding research to diverse populations is crucial. Infants

appear predisposed to learn onomatopoeia, which might not

necessarily rely on iconicity but benefits from it by making these

words more noticeable and simpler in phonological terms. They are

crucial in early development due to their unique linguistic

characteristics.