Differential effects of speech situations on mothers' and fathers' infant-directed and dog-directed speech: An acoustic analysis.

ABSTRACT: There is growing evidence that dog-directed and infant-directed speech have similar acoustic characteristics, like high overall pitch, wide pitch range, and attention-getting devices. However, it is still unclear whether dog- and infant-directed speech have gender or context-dependent acoustic features. In the present study, we collected comparable infant-, dog-, and adult directed speech samples (IDS, DDS, and ADS) in four different speech situations (Storytelling, Task solving, Teaching, and Fixed sentences situations); we obtained the samples from parents whose infants were younger than 30 months of age and also had pet dog at home. We found that ADS was different from IDS and DDS, independently of the speakers' gender and the given situation. Higher overall pitch in DDS than in IDS dur

SUBMITTER: Gergely A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653764 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature