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Syllabic Patterns in the Early Vocalizations of Quichua Children
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Gildersleeve-Neumann, Christina E.; Davis, Barbara L.; Macneilage, Peter F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
To understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless of language environment and the early appearance of production effects based on perceptual learning from the ambient language requires the study of languages with diverse phonological properties. Few studies have evaluated early phonological acquisition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syllables, Vowels, Language Patterns
Where's the Drift? A Cross-linguistic Study.
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Thevenin, Deborah M.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Describes a study of adult listeners' perceptions of infant babbling. Adult judges were unable to identify language background significantly above chance level. Findings do not support the babbling drift hypothesis which predicts that babbling begins to approximate characteristics of the mother tongue as infants approach meaningful speech. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Phonological Development from Babbling to Speech: Common Tendencies and Individual Differences.
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Vihman, Marilyn May; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
Using Locke's 1983 model, analyzes one tendency, consonant use in babbling and early words, and phonological word-selection patterns in 10 children, aged 8 to 16 months. Individual differences were found in all three domains analyzed, with some increase in uniformity across subjects with increasing knowledge of language. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Infants, Language Acquisition
The Case of Total Deafness II: Phrasing in the Prelinguistic Vocalizations of a Child with Congenital Absence of Cochleas.
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Lynch, Michael P. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Reports on the continuing study of a congenitally acochlear child using an analytical focus on the prelinguistic vocalizations involving the description of syllable groupings within a prosodic hierarchy. Results indicate that audition is not necessary for the formation of prelinguistic phrasing, but hearing does influence certain aspects of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiotape Recordings, Auditory Stimuli, Child Language
Developmental Loss of Speech Perception: Exposure to and Experience with a First Language.
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Burnham, Denis K. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
A review of research leads to the proposal that infants' perception of "fragile" contrasts is lost due to their lack of exposure to particular sounds. Perception of "robust" contrasts is lost around the onset of formal language training due to children's lack of experience with phonologically irrelevant sounds. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Babbling of Twins in a Bilingual Environment.
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Zlatic, Larisa; Macneilage, Peter; Matyear, Christine L.; Davis, Barbara L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Examines the phonetic characteristics of babbling by a pair of fraternal twins raised in a bilingual environment (English/Serbian). The study focused on the basic articulatory form of babbling, the impact of twinship on babbling patterns, and whether effects specific to one or another of the ambient languages could be observed. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Family Environment