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Direct linkHerold, Debora S.; Nygaard, Lynne C.; Chicos, Kelly A.; Namy, Laura L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
This study examined whether children use prosodic correlates to word meaning when interpreting novel words. For example, do children infer that a word spoken in a deep, slow, loud voice refers to something larger than a word spoken in a high, fast, quiet voice? Participants were 4- and 5-year-olds who viewed picture pairs that varied along a…
Descriptors: Cues, Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Intonation
