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Language Specificity of Infant-Directed Speech: Speaking Rate and Word Position in Word-Learning Contexts

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Han, Mengru; de Jong, Nivja H.; Kager, René – Language Learning and Development, 2021

Previous research indicates that infant-directed speech (IDS) is usually slower than adult-directed speech (ADS) and mothers prefer placing a focused word in isolation or utterance-final position in (English) IDS, which may benefit word learning. This study investigated the speaking rate and word position of IDS in two typologically-distinct…

Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Speech Communication, Mothers

Pitch Properties of Infant-Directed Speech Specific to Word-Learning Contexts: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Mandarin Chinese and Dutch

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Han, Mengru; De Jong, Nivja H.; Kager, René – Journal of Child Language, 2020

This study investigates the pitch properties of infant-directed speech (IDS) specific to word-learning contexts in which mothers introduce unfamiliar words to children. Using a semi-spontaneous story-book telling task, we examined (1) whether mothers made distinctions between unfamiliar and familiar words with pitch in IDS compared to…

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indo European Languages, Mandarin Chinese, Intonation