The development of infants’ sensitivity to native versus non-native rhythm
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F21%3A00549662" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/21:00549662 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15210/21:73606633 RIV/00216208:11210/21:10440839
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/infa.12395" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/infa.12395</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/infa.12395" target="_blank" >10.1111/infa.12395</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The development of infants’ sensitivity to native versus non-native rhythm
Original language description
Speech rhythm is considered one of the first windows into the native language, and the taxonomy of rhythm classes is commonly used to explain early language discrimination. Relying on formal rhythm classification is problematic for two reasons. First, it is not known to which extent infants' sensitivity to language variation is attributable to rhythm alone, and second, it is not known how infants discriminate languages not classified in any of the putative rhythm classes. Employing a central-fixation preference paradigm with natural stimuli, this study tested whether infants differentially attend to native versus nonnative varieties that differ only in temporal rhythm cues, and both of which are rhythmically unclassified. An analysis of total looking time did not detect any rhythm preferences at any age. First-look duration, arguably more closely reflecting infants' underlying perceptual sensitivities, indicated age-specific preferences for native versus non-native rhythm: 4-month-olds seemed to prefer the native-, and 6-month-olds the non-native language-variety. These findings suggest that infants indeed acquire native rhythm cues rather early, by the 4th month, supporting the theory that rhythm can bootstrap further language development. Our data on infants' processing of rhythmically unclassified languages suggest that formal rhythm classification does not determine infants' ability to discriminate language varieties.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-01799S" target="_blank" >GA18-01799S: The effect of talker accent on speech sound learning in infants</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Infancy
ISSN
1525-0008
e-ISSN
1532-7078
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
423-441
UT code for WoS article
000622343100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85101814650