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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Luchang WANG ◽  
Marina KALASHNIKOVA ◽  
René KAGER ◽  
Regine LAI ◽  
Patrick C.M. WONG

Abstract The functions of acoustic-phonetic modifications in infant-directed speech (IDS) remain a question: do they specifically serve to facilitate language learning via enhanced phonemic contrasts (the hyperarticulation hypothesis) or primarily to improve communication via prosodic exaggeration (the prosodic hypothesis)? The study of lexical tones provides a unique opportunity to shed light on this, as lexical tones are phonemically contrastive, yet their primary cue, pitch, is also a prosodic cue. This study investigated Cantonese IDS and found increased intra-talker variation of lexical tones, which more likely posed a challenge to rather than facilitated phonetic learning. Although tonal space was expanded which could facilitate phonetic learning, its expansion was a function of overall intonational modifications. Similar findings were observed in speech to pets who should not benefit from larger phonemic distinction. We conclude that lexical-tone adjustments in IDS mainly serve to broadly enhance communication rather than specifically increase phonemic contrast for learners.


2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 498-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEHER SINGH

AbstractThe purpose of the current study was to examine effects of bilingual language input on infant word segmentation and on talker generalization. In the present study, monolingually and bilingually exposed infants were compared on their abilities to recognize familiarized words in speech and to maintain generalizable representations of familiarized words. Words were first presented in the context of sentences to infants and then presented to infants in isolation during a test phase. During test, words were produced by a talker of the same gender and by a talker of the opposite gender. Results demonstrated that both bilingual and monolingual infants were able to recognize familiarized words to a comparable degree. Moreover, both bilingual and monolingual infants recognized words in spite of talker variation. Results demonstrated robust word recognition and talker generalization in monolingual and bilingual infants at 8 months of age.


2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 2415-2415
Author(s):  
Noah H. Silbert ◽  
Lina Motlagh Zadeh

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Seidl ◽  
Kristine H. Onishi ◽  
Alejandrina Cristia

2013 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. EL485-EL491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Sumner ◽  
Reiko Kataoka

Cognition ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C. Creel ◽  
Richard N. Aslin ◽  
Michael K. Tanenhaus

2002 ◽  
Vol 111 (5) ◽  
pp. 2455 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hollich ◽  
Peter Jusczyk ◽  
Michael Brent

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (S1) ◽  
pp. S110-S110
Author(s):  
Keith R. Kluender ◽  
Randy L. Diehl

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