TY - JOUR
T1 - Infants’ sensitivity to rhyme in songs
AU - Hahn, Laura E.
AU - Benders, Titia
AU - Snijders, Tineke M.
AU - Fikkert, Paula
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Children's songs often contain rhyming words at phrase endings. In this study, we investigated whether infants can already recognize this phonological pattern in songs. Earlier studies using lists of spoken words were equivocal on infants’ spontaneous processing of rhymes (Hayes et al., 2000; Jusczyk et al., 1999). Songs, however, constitute an ecologically valid rhyming stimulus, which could allow for spontaneous processing of this phonological pattern in infants. Novel children's songs with rhyming and non-rhyming lyrics using pseudo-words were presented to 35 9-month-old Dutch infants using the Headturn Preference Procedure. Infants on average listened longer to the non-rhyming songs, with around half of the infants however exhibiting a preference for the rhyming songs. These results highlight that infants have the processing abilities to benefit from their natural rhyming input for the development of their phonological abilities.
AB - Children's songs often contain rhyming words at phrase endings. In this study, we investigated whether infants can already recognize this phonological pattern in songs. Earlier studies using lists of spoken words were equivocal on infants’ spontaneous processing of rhymes (Hayes et al., 2000; Jusczyk et al., 1999). Songs, however, constitute an ecologically valid rhyming stimulus, which could allow for spontaneous processing of this phonological pattern in infants. Novel children's songs with rhyming and non-rhyming lyrics using pseudo-words were presented to 35 9-month-old Dutch infants using the Headturn Preference Procedure. Infants on average listened longer to the non-rhyming songs, with around half of the infants however exhibiting a preference for the rhyming songs. These results highlight that infants have the processing abilities to benefit from their natural rhyming input for the development of their phonological abilities.
KW - infant-directed song
KW - rhyme
KW - spontaneous processing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050933061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.07.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 30086413
AN - SCOPUS:85050933061
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 52
SP - 130
EP - 139
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
ER -