Abstract
There is extensive evidence for vowel hyperarticulation in infant-directed speech (IDS) [1, 2, 3], but little is known about lexical tones in tonal IDS. Here, longitudinal recordings of Cantonese IDS revealed that tones, like vowels, are hyperarticulated. Implications of this finding for infant linguistic development are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Interspeech 2008 |
| Subtitle of host publication | 9th annual conference of the international speech communication association 2008, Vols 1-5 |
| Place of Publication | Baixas, France |
| Publisher | ISCA-INST SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOC |
| Pages | 624-624 |
| 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 Sept 2008 → 26 Sept 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
- Infant-directed speech
- vowel hyperarticulation
- tone hyperarticulation
- ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS