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Development of Single/Geminate Obstruent Discrimination by Japanese Infants: Early Integration of Durational and Nondurational Cues
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Sato, Yutaka; Kato, Mahoko; Mazuka, Reiko – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The Japanese language has single/geminate obstruents characterized by durational difference in closure/frication as part of the phonemic repertoire used to distinguish word meanings. We first evaluated infants' abilities to discriminate naturally uttered single/geminate obstruents (/pata/ and /patta/) using the visual habituation-dishabituation…
Descriptors: Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Japanese
"How Language Comes to Children: From Birth to Two Years" by Benedicte de Boysson-Bardies, translated by M.B. DeBevoise. Book Review.
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McCathren, Rebecca B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2001
Considers Boysson-Bardies' book a thorough and thought-provoking description of early language development and the research related to how infants learn to talk and respond to speech. Notes the value of the book's discussion of cross-cultural variation in vocabulary development and individual differences related to special education. (JPB)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Child Language, Cultural Differences, Infants
Functional Analysis of the Contents of Maternal Speech to Infants of 5 and 13 Months in Four Cultures: Argentina, France, Japan, and the United States.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Mothers in Argentina, France, Japan, and the United States were observed interacting with their 5- and 13-month-old infants. Maternal speech was classified into expressions concerning affect and information. Mothers in all cultures used both classifications with their infants and spoke to older infants more than younger infants. (BC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Caregiver Speech, Child Language
Maternal Speech to Prelingual Infants in Japan and the United States: Relationships Among Functions, Forms and Referents.
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Morikawa, Hiromi; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1988
Comparison of maternal speech to three-month-olds between American (N=20) and Japanese (N=20) mother-infant dyads revealed that infant gaze affected the intended functions of maternal speech differently for the two groups. Cultural differences were also seen in the nature of function-form and function-referent relationships. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences