Fricative Discrimination in Early Infancy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1975 English Publisher:American Speech Language Hearing AssociationJournal:Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, volume 18, pages 158-167 (issn: 0022-4685,

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Authors: R E, Eilers; F D, Minifie;

doi: 10.1044/jshr.1801.158

pmid: 1168827

Fricative Discrimination in Early Infancy

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Abstract

In three separate experiments using controlled natural stimuli and a high-amplitude sucking paradigm, infants' ability to detect differences between /s/ and /v/, /s/ and /∫/, and /s/ and /z/, respectively, was investigated. Evidence for discrimination was obtained for /s/ versus /v/ and /s/ versus /∫/ but not for /s/ versus /z/. Implications for a theory of infant speech perception are discussed.

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Keywords

Discrimination Learning, Phonetics, Sucking Behavior, Age Factors, Auditory Perception, Humans, Infant, Speech, Cues, Child Language

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