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Peer reviewedGurman Bard, Ellen; Anderson, Anne H. – Journal of Child Language, 1983
Words artificially isolated from 12 parents' speech to their children aged 1;10-3;0 were significantly less intelligible to adult listeners than words originally spoken to an adult. While parents did not adjust the clarity of words, their speech was more redundant in anticipation of the children's comprehension. Research implications are…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Infants, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
