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ERIC Number: EJ467435
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Approval and Disapproval: Infant Responsiveness to Vocal Affect in Familiar and Unfamiliar Languages.
Fernald, Anne
Child Development, v64 n3 p657-74 Jun 1993
Presented five-month olds in English-speaking families with approval and prohibition vocalizations in infant-directed (ID) and adult-directed (AD) English, and in ID German, Italian, Japanese, and nonsense English. Infants responded differently to ID approval and disapproval in all languages except Japanese. Differential responses to approval and prohibition were not elicited by AD vocalizations. (BC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, German, Infants, Italian, Japanese
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Affective Response; Approval; Infant Directed Speech; Speech Discrimination