title: Maximal opposition approach to phonological treatment.
abstract: The purpose of this paper was to evaluate a phonological treatment program of maximal rather than minimal feature contrasts by charting the course of learning in a child displaying a systematic error pattern involving the nonoccurrence of word-initial consonants. Generalization data indicated that the child learned 16 word-initial consonants following treatment of only three sets of maximal opposition contrasts. Overgeneralization data indicated that the child restructured his phonological system based on a larger concept of "word initialness." Basic components of and differences between various forms of contrast treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, Bloomington.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gierut
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*