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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-2-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The two- and three-syllable reduplicative babbling of five French-learning and five English-learning infants (0;5 to 1;1) was examined in two ways for intonational differences. The first measure was a categorization into one of five categories (RISING, FALLING, RISE-FALL, FALL-RISE, LEVEL) by expert listeners. The second was the fundamental frequency (F0) from the early, middle and late portion of each syllable. Both measures showed significant differences between the two language groups. 65% of the utterances from both groups were classified as either rising of falling. For the French children, these were divided equally into the rising and the falling categories, while 75% of those utterances for the English children were judged to have falling intonation. Proportions of the other three categories were not significantly different by language environment. In both languages, though, three-syllable utterances were more likely to have a complex contour than two-syllable ones. Analysis of the F0 patterns confirmed the perceptual assessment. Several aspects of the target languages help explain these intonational differences in prelinguistic babbling.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
C
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0305-0009
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
18
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
501-16
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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