Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ572363
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Is There a "Trochaic Bias" in Early Word Learning? Evidence from Infant Production in English and French.
Vihman, Marilyn May; DePaolis, Rory A.; Davis, Barbara L.
Child Development, v69 n4 p935-49 Aug 1998
Analyzed vocalizations/verbalizations from children acquiring English or French in later single-word period to identify trochaic bias. Found that neither language's vocalizations were exclusively trochaic. French/English differences in iambic productions and acoustic realization of accent were traceable to adult input. Distribution of trochaic and iambic patterns in English-learning infants was traceable to integration of prosodic and segmental patterning in individuals. (Author/KB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Vocalization; Word Learning


