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ERIC Number: EJ431659
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Prosody and Focus in Speech to Infants and Adults.
Fernald, Anne; Mazzie, Claudia
Developmental Psychology, v27 n2 p209-21 Mar 1991
In two experiments, mothers told their infant and an adult a story that involved target words, and women taught an assembly procedure involving novel terminology to another adult. In speech to infants, mothers positioned focused words on pitch peaks, but in speech to adults, the emphasis was more variable. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Caregiver Speech, Comparative Analysis, Cues, Infants, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Mothers, Paralinguistics, Parent Child Relationship, Stress (Phonology), Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Motherese; Pitch (Language); Speech Perception