Perception of Motherese in Japanese Sign Language by 6-Month-Old Hearing Infants.

Masataka, Nobuo

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Publication Date: 1998

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Perception of Motherese in Japanese Sign Language by 6-Month-Old Hearing Infants.

Masataka, Nobuo

Developmental Psychology, v34 n2 p241-46 Mar 1998

Compared 6-month-old hearing infants' responsiveness to infant-directed and adult-directed signing. Results replicated those found with deaf infants, namely that infants showed greater attentional and affective responsiveness to infant-directed sign than to adult-directed sign, suggesting that infants are prepared to detect sign motherese characteristics without specific experience in the modality. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Infants, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Sign Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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