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Title: Visual Sonority Modulates Infants' Attraction to Sign Language
Language: English
Authors: Stone, Adam (ORCID 0000-0002-2026-309X), Petitto, Laura-Ann, Bosworth, Rain (ORCID 0000-0001-9645-8371)
Source: Language Learning and Development. 2018 14(2):130-148.
Availability: Psychology Press. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2018
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Contract Number: SBE1041725
F31HD087085
R01EY024623
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Infants, Sign Language, Language Acquisition, Auditory Perception, Cues, Oral Language, Linguistic Theory, Eye Movements, Visual Perception, Attention, Finger Spelling, Syllables, Age Differences, Preferences, Control Groups, Infant Behavior, Computer Assisted Testing, Statistical Analysis
Geographic Terms: California (San Diego)
DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2017.1404468
ISSN: 1547-5441
Abstract: The infant brain may be predisposed to identify perceptually salient cues that are common to both signed and spoken languages. Recent theory based on spoken languages has advanced sonority as one of these potential language acquisition cues. Using a preferential looking paradigm with an infrared eye tracker, we explored visual attention of hearing 6- and 12-month-olds with no sign language experience as they watched fingerspelling stimuli that either conformed to high sonority (well-formed) or low sonority (ill-formed) values, which are relevant to syllabic structure in signed language. Younger babies showed highly significant looking preferences for well-formed, high sonority fingerspelling, while older babies showed no preference for either fingerspelling variant, despite showing a strong preference in a control condition. The present findings suggest babies possess a sensitivity to specific sonority-based contrastive cues at the core of human language structure that is subject to perceptual narrowing, irrespective of language modality (visual or auditory), shedding new light on universals of early language learning.
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Number of References: 96
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1172513
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