Call me Alix, not Elix: vowels are more important than consonants in own‐name recognition at 5 months
dc.contributor.author | Bouchon, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Floccia, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Fux, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Adda‐Decker, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Nazzi, T | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T12:59:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T12:59:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1363-755X | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-7687 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9945 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Consonants and vowels differ acoustically and articulatorily, but also functionally: Consonants are more relevant for lexical processing, and vowels for prosodic/syntactic processing. These functional biases could be powerful bootstrapping mechanisms for learning language, but their developmental origin remains unclear. The relative importance of consonants and vowels at the onset of lexical acquisition was assessed in French‐learning 5‐month‐olds by testing sensitivity to minimal phonetic changes in their own name. Infants’ reactions to mispronunciations revealed sensitivity to vowel but not consonant changes. Vowels were also more salient (on duration and intensity) but less distinct (on spectrally based measures) than consonants. Lastly, vowel (but not consonant) mispronunciation detection was modulated by acoustic factors, in particular spectrally based distance. These results establish that consonant changes do not affect lexical recognition at 5 months, while vowel changes do; the consonant bias observed later in development does not emerge until after 5 months through additional language exposure.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 587-598 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.subject | Acoustic Stimulation | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Infant | |
dc.subject | Language Development | |
dc.subject | Learning | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Names | |
dc.subject | Phonetics | |
dc.subject | Speech Perception | |
dc.title | Call me Alix, not Elix: vowels are more important than consonants in own‐name recognition at 5 months | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Article | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25294431 | |
plymouth.issue | 4 | |
plymouth.volume | 18 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Developmental Science | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/desc.12242 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience/UoA04 REF peer reviewers | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Cognition | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research (PIHR) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2014-07-28 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-7687 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | No embargo | |
rioxxterms.funder | Economic and Social Research Council | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Representations of consonants and vowels in French and English from infancy to adulthood | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1111/desc.12242 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2015-07 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | Representations of consonants and vowels in French and English from infancy to adulthood::Economic and Social Research Council |