Abstract
Discrimination of native versus non-native between- and within-articulatory organ fricative contrasts was examined in 6 and 12 month-old infants. 12 month-olds discriminated between- (tongue-tip vs. lips) but not within-organ place contrasts (two tongue tip constriction locations), but 6 month-olds only did so for the non-native between-organ contrast. The results support the Articulatory Organ Hypothesis that infants attend more to differences between active articulatory organs than to differences between specific gestures of a single organ (e.g., constriction location or degree).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Interspeech 2008 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, SA |
Publisher | Causal Productions |
Pages | 1970 |
Number of pages | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781615673780 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 9th Annual Conference of the International-Speech-Communication-Association (INTERSPEECH 2008) - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 22 Sep 2008 → 26 Sep 2008 |
Conference
Conference | 9th Annual Conference of the International-Speech-Communication-Association (INTERSPEECH 2008) |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Brisbane |
Period | 22/09/08 → 26/09/08 |
Keywords
- speech perception
- infant development