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Bergelson, Elika; Swingley, Daniel – Child Development, 2018
To understand spoken words, listeners must appropriately interpret co-occurring talker characteristics and speech sound content. This ability was tested in 6- to 14-months-olds by measuring their looking to named food and body part images. In the "new talker" condition (n = 90), pictures were named by an unfamiliar voice; in the…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Processing, Infant Behavior, Food
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Laufer, Marsha Zlatin; Horii, Yoshiyuki – Journal of Child Language, 1977
This study constitutes the beginning of a longitudinal investigation of phonological development of four children from birth to 2 years. Little variation was found in mean fundamental frequency. Duration, within-utterance range and variability did show developmental change. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Language Acquisition