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ERIC Number: EJ467436
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Infants' Preference for the Predominant Stress Patterns of English Words.
Jusczyk, Peter W.; And Others
Child Development, v64 n3 p675-87 Jun 1993
Three experiments found that (1) nine-month olds listened more to two-syllable words with strong-weak stress patterns than weak-strong stress patterns; (2) six-month olds showed no preferences for stress patterns; and (3) nine-month olds showed preferences for strong-weak over weak-strong stress patterns in speech sounds passed through a low-pass filter that eliminated nonprosodic features of the speech. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Paralinguistics, Stress (Phonology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Speech Discrimination