ORCID
- Floccia, Caroline: 0000-0003-3931-9791
- Goslin, Jeremy: 0000-0001-7894-1140
Abstract
The recognition of familiar words was evaluated in 20-month-old children raised in a rhotic accent environment to parents that had either rhotic or non-rhotic accents. Using an Intermodal Preferential Looking task children were presented with familiar objects (e.g. 'bird') named in their rhotic or non-rhotic form. Children were only able to identify familiar words pronounced in a rhotic accent, irrespective of their parents' accent. This suggests that it is the local community rather than parental input that determines accent preference in the early stages of acquisition. Consequences for the architecture of the early lexicon and for models of word learning are discussed.
DOI
10.1016/j.cognition.2012.03.011
Publication Date
2012-07-01
Publication Title
Cognition
Volume
124
Issue
1
ISSN
0010-0277
Organisational Unit
School of Psychology
Keywords
Analysis of Variance, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Infant, Language Development, Male, Phonetics, Vocabulary
First Page
95
Last Page
100
Recommended Citation
Floccia, C., Delle, L., Durrant, S., Butler, J., & Goslin, J. (2012) 'Parent or community: where do 20-month-olds exposed to two accents acquire their representation of words?', Cognition, 124(1), pp. 95-100. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.03.011
