Phonological Specificity in 12- and 17-Month-Old French-Speaking Infants

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Title: Phonological Specificity in 12- and 17-Month-Old French-Speaking Infants
Language: English
Authors: Zesiger, Pascal, Lozeron, Elise Dupuis, Levy, Arik
Source: Infancy. Nov-Dec 2012 17(6):591-609.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2012
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Infants, Deafness, French, Phonology, Language Acquisition, Pronunciation, Infant Behavior, Pictorial Stimuli, Task Analysis, Auditory Perception
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00111.x
ISSN: 1525-0008
Abstract: The literature reports some contradictory results on the degree of phonological specificity of infants' early lexical representations in the Romance language, French, and Germanic languages. It is not clear whether these discrepancies are because of differences in method, in language characteristics, or in participants' age. In this study, we examined whether 12- and 17-month-old French-speaking infants are able to distinguish well-pronounced from mispronounced words (one or two features of their initial consonant). To this end, 46 infants participated in a preferential looking experiment in which they were presented with pairs of pictures together with a spoken word well pronounced or mispronounced. The results show that both 12- and 17-month-old infants look longer at the pictures corresponding to well-pronounced words than to mispronounced words, but show no difference between the two mispronunciation types. These results suggest that, as early as 12 months, French-speaking infants, like those exposed to Germanic languages, already possess detailed phonological representations of familiar words. (Contains 4 footnotes, 2 figures and 1 table.)
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Number of References: 42
Entry Date: 2012
Accession Number: EJ981352
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