Studies on the categorization of speech by infants |
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Authors: | Joanne L Miller Peter D Eimas |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, U.S.A.;Brown University, USA |
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Abstract: | It is well-known that complexities exist in the mapping between the acoustic information in the speech signal and the phonetic categories of adult language users. We investigated whether the same complexities exist in the mapping between the speech signal and the forerunners of these categories in infants. For two classes of complexity, we found that the manner in which the categorization of information for speech occurs was virtually identical in infant and adult listeners. These findings indicate that the infant possesses finely tuned linguistically-relevant perceptual abilities, which undoubtedly facilitate and shape the task of language acquisition. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Joanne L Miller Department of Psychology Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 U S A |
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