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Direct linkYeung, H. Henny; Chen, Lawrence M.; Werker, Janet F. – Child Development, 2014
All languages employ certain phonetic contrasts when distinguishing words. Infant speech perception is rapidly attuned to these contrasts before many words are learned, thus phonetic attunement is thought to proceed independently of lexical and referential knowledge. Here, evidence to the contrary is provided. Ninety-eight 9-month-old…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Infants, English, Language Acquisition
