An Electrophysiological Study of Infants' Sensitivity to the Sound Patterns of English Speech

This study explored the sensitivity of 20 10- to 11-month-old infants to the phonological characteristics of their native language. Tone-probe event-related potentials were obtained for subjects listening to a story, either with normal English function morphemes or modified with atypical function mo...

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Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 1998-08, Vol.41 (4), p.874-886
Main Authors: Shafer, Valerie L, Shucard, David W, Shucard, Janet L, Gerken, LouAnn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Auditory Perception
Babies
Child Development
Child Language
Developmental Stages
Ears & hearing
Electrophysiology
English language
Evoked Potentials
Feedback (Response)
Female
Humans
Infant
Infants
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Language Patterns
Listening
Listening Comprehension
Male
Morphemes
Native Language
Nouns
Phonology
Receptive Language
Sensitivity
Sensory perception
Speech
Speech Acoustics
Speech Perception - physiology
Verbs
Young Children
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Summary:This study explored the sensitivity of 20 10- to 11-month-old infants to the phonological characteristics of their native language. Tone-probe event-related potentials were obtained for subjects listening to a story, either with normal English function morphemes or modified with atypical function morphemes. Results suggest that the 11-month-olds, but not the 10-month-olds, discriminated the two story versions. (Author/DB)
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/jslhr.4104.874