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Syllabic Patterns in the Early Vocalizations of Quichua Children
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Gildersleeve-Neumann, Christina E.; Davis, Barbara L.; Macneilage, Peter F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
To understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless of language environment and the early appearance of production effects based on perceptual learning from the ambient language requires the study of languages with diverse phonological properties. Few studies have evaluated early phonological acquisition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syllables, Vowels, Language Patterns
The Case of Total Deafness II: Phrasing in the Prelinguistic Vocalizations of a Child with Congenital Absence of Cochleas.
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Lynch, Michael P. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Reports on the continuing study of a congenitally acochlear child using an analytical focus on the prelinguistic vocalizations involving the description of syllable groupings within a prosodic hierarchy. Results indicate that audition is not necessary for the formation of prelinguistic phrasing, but hearing does influence certain aspects of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiotape Recordings, Auditory Stimuli, Child Language
Babbling of Twins in a Bilingual Environment.
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Zlatic, Larisa; Macneilage, Peter; Matyear, Christine L.; Davis, Barbara L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Examines the phonetic characteristics of babbling by a pair of fraternal twins raised in a bilingual environment (English/Serbian). The study focused on the basic articulatory form of babbling, the impact of twinship on babbling patterns, and whether effects specific to one or another of the ambient languages could be observed. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Family Environment