1. Richmond Health Department，Vancouver Coastal Health，Vancouver，British Columbia，Canada；2. School of Audiology and Speech Sciences，University of British Columbia，Vancouver，British Columbia，Canada
Nonlinear phonological analysis in assessment of protracted phonologicaldevelopment in Mandarin
ZHAO Jing1，BERNHARDT May
1. Richmond Health Department，Vancouver Coastal Health，Vancouver，British Columbia，Canada；2. School of Audiology and Speech Sciences，University of British Columbia，Vancouver，British Columbia，Canada
Abstract：Nonlinear phonological theories have motivated phonological assessment and intervention practices for English. Such practices focus on all aspects of the phonological system from word structure to segments（phonemes）and features，highlighting and capitalizing on a client’s strengths while addressing his or her needs. The authors and several other international researchers are currently investigating typical and protracted phonological development cross-linguistically，and creating phonological assessment tools for the various languages in the process. The current paper demonstrates a qualitative nonlinear phonological analysis for Mandarin，utilizing data from a Canadian Mandarin-learning child with protracted phonological development.
2014, Vol. 2 
