Duration of Function-Word Vowels in Mothers' Speech to Young Children

Mothers in 22 mother-child dyads read 5 experimental stories aloud to their children and to an adult during which the durations of 7 function-word vowels were measured. Only function-word vowels in the final position (rather than initial or medial) were significantly longer in child-directed rather...

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Published inJournal of speech and hearing research Vol. 37; no. 6; p. 1394
Main Authors Swanson, Lori A, Leonard, Laurence B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1994
Subjects
Caregiver Speech
Child Language
Female
Humans
Infant
Interpersonal Communication
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Male
Maternal Behavior
Mothers
Parent Child Relationship
Phonetics
Phonology
Reading Aloud to Others
Sound Spectrography
Speech Communication
Verbal Behavior
Vowels
Young Children
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ISSN0022-4685
DOI10.1044/jshr.3706.1394

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Summary:Mothers in 22 mother-child dyads read 5 experimental stories aloud to their children and to an adult during which the durations of 7 function-word vowels were measured. Only function-word vowels in the final position (rather than initial or medial) were significantly longer in child-directed rather than adult-directed speech. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0022-4685
DOI:10.1044/jshr.3706.1394