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Discrimination of polysyllabic sequences by one- to four-month-old infants

Karzon, R.Gottlieb·1985·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
DOI 10.1016/0022-0965(85)90044-x
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The goal of this research was to ascertain the effects of suprasegmental parameters (fundamental frequency, amplitude, and duration) on discrimination of polysyllabic sequences by 1- to 4-month-old infants. A high-amplitude sucking procedure, with synthesized female speech, was used. Results indicate that young infants can discriminate the three-syllable sequences [marana] versus [malana] when suprasegmental characteristics typical of infant-directed speech emphasize the middle syllable. However, infants failed to demonstrate discrimination when adult-directed suprasegmentals were used and in several other experimental conditions in which prosodic parameters were manipulated. The pattern of results obtained in the six experiments suggests that the exaggerated suprasegmentals of infant-directed speech may function as a perceptual catalyst, facilitating discrimination by focusing the infant's attention on a distinctive syllable within polysyllabic sequences.

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  1. Blount, 1976, Mother and father speech: Distribution of parental speech features in English and Spanish, Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, Stanford University, 12, 47
  2. Trehub, 1981, Infants' speech and non-speech perception: A review and re-evaluation, 11

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Authors
Karzon, R. G.
Affiliations
Central Institute for the Deaf (US)
Corresponding author
Karzon, R.Gottlieb
Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1985-04
Volume
39
Issue
2
Pages
326-342
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0022-0965(85)90044-x
OpenAlex
W2130648895
Cited by
167
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
FWCI
0.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 03856)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
infant speech perception, syllable discrimination, infant-directed speech, fundamental frequency, amplitude, syllable duration, infant attention, speech perception development
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Phonetics, Speech Discrimination Tests, Speech Perception

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