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Li, Fangfang – Child Development, 2012
Speech productions of 40 English- and 40 Japanese-speaking children (aged 2-5) were examined and compared with the speech produced by 20 adult speakers (10 speakers per language). Participants were recorded while repeating words that began with "s" and "sh" sounds. Clear language-specific patterns in adults' speech were found,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Speech, Oral Language, Adults
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Zeskind, Philip Sanford; Barr, Ronald G. – Child Development, 1997
Conducted spectrum analysis of standard and vociferous cries from infants with Wessel's colic, non-Wessel's colic, and comparison infants. Vociferous cries had longer duration, higher fundamental frequency, and greater percentage of dysphonation than standard cries. After feedings, problematic criers had greater percentage of dysphonation in…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Comparative Analysis, Crying, Infant Behavior
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Green, James A.; Gustafson, Gwen E.; McGhie, Anne C. – Child Development, 1998
Examined differences in acoustic characteristics of cries, both early and late, within a prolonged crying bout. Results indicated that late cries appeared to result from a smaller number of factors than did early cries. Results support notions that crying bouts settle into a regular cry with acoustic features matching a theoretical model of cry…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Comparative Analysis, Crying, Factor Analysis
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Davis, Barbara L.; MacNeilage, Peter F.; Matyear, Christine L.; Powell, Julia K. – Child Development, 2000
Compared disyllabic sequences from infants and adults according to their use of frequency, intensity, and duration to mark stress. Concluded that infants in English language environments produce adult-like stress patterns before they produce lexical items, which specify stress. Acoustic and perceptual analyses indicated infants use three acoustic…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis