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Peer reviewedPapousek, Mechthild; Hwang, Shu-Fen C. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1991
Native speakers recorded utterances in three role-play contexts: speech to presyllabic infants, foreign language instruction, and adult conversation. For babytalk, speakers neglected, reduced, or modified lexical tonal information in favor of simplified and clarified intonation contours. The implications regarding tone acquisition in children and…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Females, Infants
