Intonation and Communicative Intent in Mothers' Speech to Infants: Is the Melody the Message?.

Fernald, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ402905

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Intonation and Communicative Intent in Mothers' Speech to Infants: Is the Melody the Message?

Fernald, Anne

Child Development, v60 n6 p1497-1510 Dec 1989

Explored the power of intonation of speech addressed to adults and preverbal infants to convey meaningful information to 80 adult listeners. Listeners used intonation to identify speaker's intent with greater accuracy in infant-directed speech than adult-directed speech. (RJC)

Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adult Child Relationship, Infants, Intonation, Parent Child Relationship, Speech Communication, Suprasegmentals, Verbal Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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