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ERIC Number: EJ1290607
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0009
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Prosodic Realizations of NEW, GIVEN, and CORRECTIVE Referents in the Spontaneous Speech of Toddlers
Thorson, Jill C.; Morgan, James L.
Journal of Child Language, v48 n3 p541-568 May 2021
Our motivation was to examine how toddler (2;6) and adult speakers of American English prosodically realize information status categories. The aims were three-fold: (1) to analyze how adults phonologically make information status distinctions; (2) to examine how these same categories are signaled in toddlers' spontaneous speech; and (3) to analyze the three primary acoustic correlates of prosody (F[subscript 0], intensity, and duration). During a spontaneous speech task designed as an interactive game, a set of target nouns was elicited as one of three types ("new," "given," "corrective"). Results show that toddlers primarily used H* across information status categories, with secondary preferences for deaccenting "given" information and for using L+H* for "corrective" information. Only duration distinguished information status, and duration, average pitch, and intensity differentiated pitch accent types for both adults and children. Discussion includes how pitch accent selection and input play a role in guiding prosodic realizations of information status.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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