Prosody and Focus in Speech to Infants and Adults.

Fernald, Anne; Mazzie, Claudia

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ERIC Number: EJ431659

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Publication Date: 1991

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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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