I am interested in investigating the phonological development for children speaking Arabic (Saudi-Hejazi in particular), and I developed a word list to conduct a single naming task on children to have their speech sample. So, do I need to collect some sample from children as connected speech to complete my data and get a full picture of their speech skills? If you think it is important, could I have some references that support this idea?
Thank you.
More data are always useful, though perhaps not necessary at a given point in time. Rule governed or otherwise may occur in connected speech that do not occur when words are spoken in isolation (think tongue twisters for an extreme example). That said, time and money as well as the patience of little kids is always an issue.
It depends on the research design you follow. Is it a cross-sectional or longitudinal one? Both designs have their own advantages as well as disadvantages. In your case, the latter is more helpful than the former for many reasons although the former is easier in terms of data collection.
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Mohammad Hamad Al-khresheh Thank you for your answer. My study design is cross-sectional, and the sample size will be 200 participants. I know that a longitudinal study is more useful than cross-sectional. But I cannot conduct this design because it is a PhD project and I will travel collect the data, so it would be impossible to follow the participants.
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