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The influence of babbling patterns on the processing of speech
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| Journal | Infant Behavior and Development |
|---|---|
| Date | E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jul 2013 |
| Date | Published (current) - Dec 2013 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 642-649 |
| Early online date | 31/07/13 |
| Original language | English |
Abstract
This study compared the preference of 27 British English- and 26 Welsh-learning infants for nonwords featuring consonants that occur with equal frequency in the input but that are produced either with equal frequency (Welsh) or with differing frequency (British English) in infant vocalizations. For the English infants a significant difference in looking times was related to the extent of production of the nonword consonants. The Welsh infants, who showed no production preference for either consonant, exhibited no such influence of production patterns on their response to the nonwords. The results are consistent with a previous study that suggested that pre-linguistic babbling helps shape the processing of input speech, serving as an articulatory filter that selectively makes production patterns more salient in the input.
- Speech production , Speech perception, Headturn preference paradigm, Articulatory filter, Babble, Action–perception link
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