Identification of prelinguistic phonological categories.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The prelinguistic infant's babbling repertoire of syllables--the phonological categories that form the basis for early word learning--is noticed by caregivers who interact with infants around them. Prior research on babbling has not explored the caregiver's role in recognition of early vocal categories as foundations for word learning. In the present work, the authors begin to address this gap.

Method

The authors explored vocalizations produced by 8 infants at 3 ages (8, 10, and 12 months) in studies illustrating identification of phonological categories through caregiver report, laboratory procedures simulating the caregiver's natural mode of listening, and the more traditional laboratory approach (phonetic transcription).

Results

Caregivers reported small re

SUBMITTER: Ramsdell HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3936401 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature