Phonological Development in a Kurdish-Speaking Child: A Longitudinal Case Study.

The purpose of the current longitudinal case report study was to document and investigate the phonological acquisition in one typically developing Kurdish-speaking boy during 10 months between the ages of 21 and 31 months. Speech samples were analyzed to document phonological acquisition, phonologic...

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Published in:Journal of Monolingual & Bilingual Speech (JMBS) Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 197 - 215
Main Authors: Fatemi-Syadar, Shahla, Zarifian, Talieh, Modarresi, Yahya
Format: Case Study
Published: University of Toronto Press Jul2026
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          PhD Candidate in Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
          Associate Professor in Speech and language pathology Department of Speech therapy, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Clinical Research Development Center, Rofeideh Hospital, School of Rehabilitation, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
          Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
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        Language acquisition
        Longitudinal method
        Intelligibility of speech
        Kurds
        Phonology
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        Phonetics
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          Phonology
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        communication
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        longitudinal case study
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      ab: The purpose of the current longitudinal case report study was to document and investigate the phonological acquisition in one typically developing Kurdish-speaking boy during 10 months between the ages of 21 and 31 months. Speech samples were analyzed to document phonological acquisition, phonological accuracy, phonetic inventory, phonological mean length of utterance (PMLU), the proportion of whole-word proximity (PWP), the proportion of whole-word correctness (PWC), error patterns, syllabic shapes, consonant clusters acquisition, and speech intelligibility. All Kurdish vowels and consonants except trilled /r/ were acquired in a phonetic inventory by 31 months. He also acquired consonant clusters in the initial and final syllable position and produced all Kurdish syllable structures. The child's speech intelligibility increased over time. As anticipated, his phonological processes decreased over time but still continued to an older age. This study provides longitudinal information that can be implemented to demonstrate individual differences between children in the evaluation and treatment of Kurdish-speaking children.
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