The Effects of Intonation on Infant Attention: The Role of the Rising Intonation Contour.

Sullivan, Joseph W.; Horowitz, Frances Degen

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ERIC Number: EJ288301

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Effects of Intonation on Infant Attention: The Role of the Rising Intonation Contour.

Sullivan, Joseph W.; Horowitz, Frances Degen

Journal of Child Language, v10 n3 p521-34 Oct 1983

Differential attention of two-month-old infants to synthetically generated and naturally produced rising and falling intonation contours was studied, and it was learned that infants attended more to naturally produced rising contours and synthetically generated falling contours. Use of the infant-control auditory preference paradigm was also supported. (MSE)

Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Attention Control, Child Language, Infants, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language, Verbal Communication

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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