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Best, Catherine; McRoberts, Gerald – 1989
Young infants discriminate both native and nonnative phonetic contrasts, but 10- to 12-month-olds and adults fail to discriminate some nonnative contrasts. To explain this, Best, McRoberts, and Sithole (1988) hypothesized that at the age of 10-12 months, a phonological influence begins by means of which nonnative sounds are assimilated to native…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Individual Development
Jusczyk, Peter W.; Thompson, Elizabeth – 1977
This study explored three aspects of the 2-month-old's perception of multisyllabic utterances. Questions addressed were: (1) Do infants perceive phonetic contrasts occurring either in the initial (Bada-Gada) or medial (Daba-Daga) positions of multisyllabic utterances; (2) Are infants more likely to perceive these contrasts in stressed as opposed…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Infant Behavior
