Electropalatography (EPG) is a computer-based device that uses a fitted pseudopalate (similar to an orthodontic retainer) with embedded electrodes to track tongue-to-palate contact during speech for the purposes of providing treatment for a variety of communication disorders. This study evaluated six elementary school-aged children's ability to adapt their speech to the presence of the pseudopalate in their mouth. The participants' adaptation for the consonants /t/ and /k/ was examined over eight time intervals throughout a two and half hour time period. Adaptation was evaluated by measuring the duration, spectral mean, spectral variance, and relative intensity of the target sounds. The participants demonstrated significant changes in speech patterns upon initial placement of the pseudopalate across the spectral parameters of mean, variance, and relative intensity. However, no significant differences in duration were found for either phoneme in the pseudopalate versus no pseudopalate conditions. Therefore, temporal parameters for consonant duration were relatively unaffected by the pseudopalate. The children in the study were able to make some speech adaptations to the pseudopalate, however evidence from the /t/ and /k/ productions indicated that the majority of participants were not able to fully adapt to the EPG device during the two and a half hour time period. Clinicians using EPG must take adaptation effects into consideration.

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Spelling is a tool by which one records his thoughts and ideas; therefore it is a vital part of life. To fulfill its task successfully, spelling must be accurate. Spelling is that tool by which the happenings of the past are revealed to the present and are preserved for the future. For any individual who attempts to transfer his thoughts and words by symbols onto paper, correct spelling is a prime essential. It follows, then, that to develop perfect habits of spelling in order that perfect transcriptions of thoughts might be made is the duty of the teacher. This duty has been attempted by teachers for many generations. But it is an established fact that the goal has not been reached, for there is a stupendous number of misspellings in the written work of students in high schools. Many methods have been advanced for correcting this incompetence in spelling; when these were tried, they have failed to secure the coveted goal. In some instances the cure has aggravated the disease. Successful abolishment of this handicap baffles the teaching profession. In a course in American pronunciation recently conducted at North Texas State College, the teacher presented the fact that there are factors in the English language which tend to become stumbling-blocks to the attainment of perfect spelling. For the first time it became evident to this writer that certain elements within the language might be the cause of the spelling problem. Therefore, the readings for this thesis were undertaken for the purpose of finding the logical causes for poor spelling habits and with the hope of discovering a workable remedy.

楊建芬. / "2013年9月". / "2013 nian 9 yue". / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 284-304). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Yang Jianfen.

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郭必之. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院中國語言及文學學部, 1997. / 參考文獻: leaves 415-450. / Guo Bizhi. / Chapter 第一章： --- 引言 --- p.1-12 / Chapter 第二章： --- 研究目的與方法 --- p.13-36 / Chapter 第三章： --- 評論幾篇利用古文字資料去探求上古聲母的文章 --- p.37-65 / Chapter 第四章： --- 四大類複聲母簡論 --- p.66-117 / Chapter ( A ) --- 帶-l-/-r-類複聲母 --- p.66-79 / Chapter ( B ) --- 帶s-類複聲母 --- p.80-103 / Chapter ( C ) --- 帶喉塞音類複聲母 --- p.104-108 / Chapter ( D ) --- 帶舌尖塞音類複聲 --- p.108-111 / Chapter 第五章： --- 甲骨文所見的複聲母現象 --- p.118-163 / Chapter ( A ) --- 帶-l-/-r-類複聲母 --- p.118-129 / Chapter (一) --- *Pl(r)類複聲母 --- p.118-120 / Chapter (二) --- *Tl(r)類複聲母 --- p.120-121 / Chapter (三) --- *Kl(r)類複聲母 --- p.122-123 / Chapter (四) --- *TSl(r)類複聲母 --- p.124 / Chapter (五) --- *N(r)類複聲母 --- p.124-129 / Chapter ( B ) --- 帶s-類複聲母 --- p.129-145 / Chapter (一) --- *ST-類複聲母 --- p.129-142 / Chapter (二) --- *SK-類複聲母 --- p.142-145 / Chapter ( C ) --- 帶喉塞音類複聲母 --- p.145-148 / Chapter (一) --- *PT-類複聲母 --- p.145-146 / Chapter (二) --- *PST-類複聲母 --- p.146-148 / Chapter ( D ) --- 帶舌尖塞音類複聲母 --- p.148-156 / Chapter (一) --- *TK-類複聲母 --- p.148-150 / Chapter (二) --- *TP-類複聲母 --- p.150-153 / Chapter (三) --- *dN-類複聲母 --- p.153156 / Chapter 第六章： --- 西周金文所見的複聲母現象 --- p.164-326 / Chapter ( A ) --- 帶-t-/-r-類複聲母 --- p.164-198 / Chapter (一) --- *Pl(r)類複聲母 --- p.164-166 / Chapter (二) --- *Tl(r)類複聲母 --- p.166-168 / Chapter (三) --- *Kl(r)類複聲母 --- p.168-193 / Chapter (四) --- *Nl(r)類複聲母 --- p.193-196 / Chapter (五) --- *Fl(r)類初聲母 --- p.196-198 / Chapter ( B ) --- 帶s-類複聲母 --- p.198-254 / Chapter (一) --- *ST-類複聲母 --- p.198-242 / Chapter (二) --- *SK-類複聲母 --- p.242-249 / Chapter (三) --- *SN-類複聲母 --- p.249-254 / Chapter ( C ) --- 帶喉塞音類複聲母 --- p.254-283 / Chapter (一) --- *PT-類複聲母 --- p.254-262 / Chapter (二) --- *PST類複聲母 --- p.263-274 / Chapter (三) --- *□P類複聲母 --- p.274-280 / Chapter (四) --- *□N類複聲母 --- p.280-283 / Chapter ( D ) --- 帶舌尖塞音類複聲母 --- p.283-302 / Chapter (一) --- *TK-類複聲母 --- p.283-297 / Chapter (二) --- *TP-類複聲母 --- p.297-298 / Chapter (三) --- *dN-類複聲母 --- p.298-302 / Chapter 第七章： --- 先秦簡帛文字所見的複聲母現象 --- p.327-391 / Chapter ( A ) --- 帶-i-/-r- 類複聲母 --- p.327-340 / Chapter (一) --- *Pl(r)類複聲母 --- p.327-328 / Chapter (二) --- *Tl(r)類複聲母 --- p.328-329 / Chapter (三) --- *Kl(r)類複聲母 --- p.329-337 / Chapter (四) --- *Nl(r)類複聲母 --- p.337-339 / Chapter (五) --- *Fl(r)類複聲母 --- p.339-340 / Chapter ( B ) --- 帶s-類複聲母 --- p.340-367 / Chapter (一) --- *ST-類複聲母 --- p.340-361 / Chapter (二) --- *SK-類複聲母 --- p.361-365 / Chapter (三) --- *SN-類複聲母 --- p.365-367 / Chapter ( C ) --- 帶喉塞音類複聲母 --- p.368-378 / Chapter (一) --- *PT-類複聲母 --- p.368-371 / Chapter (二) --- *PST-類複聲母 --- p.371-373 / Chapter (三) --- *PP-類複聲母 --- p.374 / Chapter (四) --- *PN-類複聲母 --- p.374-378 / Chapter ( D ) --- 帶舌尖塞音類複聲母 --- p.378-386 / Chapter (一) --- *TK-類複聲母 --- p.378-383 / Chapter (二) --- *dN-類複聲母 --- p.383-386 / Chapter 第八章： --- 結論 --- p.392-414 / 參考書籍及論文 --- p.415-450

This study investigated the effect of palate morphology and anthropometric measures of the head and face on lingual consonant target (positional) variability of twenty one adult speakers (eleven male, ten female). An electromagnetic tracking system (WAVE, NDI, Canada) was used to collect tongue movements while each speaker produced a series of VCV syllables containing a combination of consonants /t, d, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, k, g, j/ and three corner vowel /i, ɑ, u/. Distributions of x, y, and z coordinates representing maximum tongue elevation during the consonants were used to represent target variability across contexts. Palate and anthropometric measures were obtained for each participant. A correlational analysis showed that target variability of the consonants produced in the front of the mouth (e.g. alveolar and palatal) was explained, to a degree, by palate morphology. The variability of velar consonants was not explained by the structural measures.

This study investigated the effect of palate morphology and anthropometric measures of the head and face on lingual consonant target (positional) variability of twenty one adult speakers (eleven male, ten female). An electromagnetic tracking system (WAVE, NDI, Canada) was used to collect tongue movements while each speaker produced a series of VCV syllables containing a combination of consonants /t, d, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, k, g, j/ and three corner vowel /i, ɑ, u/. Distributions of x, y, and z coordinates representing maximum tongue elevation during the consonants were used to represent target variability across contexts. Palate and anthropometric measures were obtained for each participant. A correlational analysis showed that target variability of the consonants produced in the front of the mouth (e.g. alveolar and palatal) was explained, to a degree, by palate morphology. The variability of velar consonants was not explained by the structural measures.

Thesis (Sc. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149). / This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections