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Developmental Aspects of Cross-Language Speech Perception
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Previous research has suggested that infants discriminate many speech sounds according to phonemic category regardless of language exposure, while adults of one language group may have difficulty discriminating nonnative linguistic contrasts. Our study attempted to address directly questions about infant perceptual ability and the possibility of its decline as a function of development in the absence of specific experience by comparing English-speaking adults, Hindi-speaking adults, and 7-month-old infants on their ability to discriminate 2 pairs of natural Hindi (non-English) speech contrasts. To do this, infants were tested in a "visually reinforced infant speech discrimination" paradigm, while a variant of this paradigm was used to test adults. Support was obtained for the above hypotheses. Infants were shown to be able to discriminate both Hindi sound pairs, and support for the idea of a decrease in speech perceptual abilities wih age and experience was clearly evident with the rarer of the 2 non-English contrasts. The results were then discussed with respect to the possible nature and purpose of these abilities.
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“Moreover, research shows that infants tested at 10 to 12 months of age fail to detect the difference between two foreign-language sounds that they could discriminate earlier in life (Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981).”
From Human adults and human infants show a “perceptual magnet effect” for the prototypes of speech categories, monkeys do not (1991) · cites this paper as Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981
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“Effects of linguistic experience have previously been reported in 12month-old infants (Werker et al., 1981; Werker & Tees, 1984);”
From Human adults and human infants show a “perceptual magnet effect” for the prototypes of speech categories, monkeys do not (1991) · cites this paper as Werker et al., 1981
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“Initial results suggested that Englishlearning infants aged 6-8 months can discriminate these non-English distinctions as well as native Hindi and Thompson speakers, but that English-speaking adults (Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981) and Englishlearning infants aged 10-12 months (Werker & Tees, 1984a) cannot.”
From Cross-language evidence for three factors in speech perception (1985) · cites this paper as Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981
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“Initial results suggested that Englishlearning infants aged 6-8 months can discriminate these non-English distinctions as well as native Hindi and Thompson speakers, but that English-speaking adults (Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981) and Englishlearning infants aged 10-12 months (Werker & Tees, 1984a) cannot.”
From Cross-language evidence for three factors in speech perception (1985) · cites this paper as Werker, Gilbert, Humphrey, & Tees, 1981
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Metadata
- Authors
- Werker, J. F., Gilbert, J. H. V., Humphrey, K., & Tees, R. C.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1981-03
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 349
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2037751943
- Cited by
- 553
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Keywords
- cross-language speech perception, phonemic categories, perceptual narrowing, language experience, English-speaking adults
- MeSH terms
- Child Development, Discrimination Learning, Female, Humans, Infant, Language, Male, Phonetics, Speech Perception
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