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Davis, Barbara L.; Aoyama, Katsura; Cassidy, Rebekka – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Place and manner of articulation in American English-learning children's salient consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel (C[subscript 1]VC[subscript 2]V) target words (e.g., "baby," "bunny," and "cookie") were compared with their actual productions of these words. We hypothesized that target words with repeated place…
Descriptors: Child Language, Articulation (Speech), Phonemes, Vowels
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Aoyama, Katsura; Davis, Barbara L. – Journal of Child Language, 2017
The goal of this study was to investigate non-adjacent consonant sequence patterns in target words during the first-word period in infants learning American English. In the spontaneous speech of eighteen participants, target words with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (C[subscript 1]VC[subscript 2]) shape were analyzed. Target words were grouped into…
Descriptors: Infants, English, Vocabulary Development, Sequential Learning
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Lee, Sue Ann S.; Davis, Barbara L. – Journal of Child Language, 2010
This study compared segmental distribution patterns for consonants and vowels in English infant-directed speech (IDS) and adult-directed speech (ADS). A previous study of Korean indicated that segmental patterns of IDS differed from ADS patterns (Lee, Davis & MacNeilage, 2008). The aim of the current study was to determine whether such differences…
Descriptors: Vowels, Infants, Phonemes, English