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Linguistic Experience and Phonemic Perception in Infancy: A Crosslinguistic Study.
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Eilers, Rebecca E.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Paired English-learning and Spanish-learning infants were tested for perception of two synthetic speech contrasts differing in voice onset time. Results indicate that Spanish-learning infants discriminated both English and Spanish contrasts, while English-learning infants appeared to have discriminated English contrasts only. (JMB)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Comparative Analysis, Early Experience, Infants
Children's Sensitivity to Intraword Redundancy in Spoken Words.
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Lee, Evon Batey; Allen, Terry W. – Child Development, 1979
Kindergarten, third-grade and fifth-grade children were tested on a same-different auditory discrimination task. Word pairs varied in familiarity as well as summed positional frequency of the letters of the words in each pair. Results support the hypothesis that prereaders with normal language experiences develop sensitivities to…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Language Research
Developmental Aspects of Cross-Language Speech Perception.
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Werker, Janet F.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Addresses questions about infant perceptual ability and the possibility of its decline as a function of development in the absence of specific experience. Compares English-speaking adults, Hindi-speaking adults, and 7-month-old infants on their ability to discriminate two pairs of natural Hindi (non-English) speech contrasts. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Child Language