Developmental Loss of Speech Perception: Exposure to and Experience with a First Language

A review of research leads to the proposal that infants' perception of "fragile" contrasts is lost due to their lack of exposure to particular sounds. Perception of "robust" contrasts is lost around the onset of formal language training due to children's lack of experie...

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Published inApplied Psycholinguistics Vol. 7; no. 3; p. 207
Main Author Burnham, Denis K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1986
Subjects
Auditory Discrimination
Infants
Language Acquisition
Language Patterns
Language Proficiency
Language Research
Language Skill Attrition
Perceptual Development
Perceptual Handicaps
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Speech Perception
Speech Skills
Statistical Analysis
Young Children
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Summary:A review of research leads to the proposal that infants' perception of "fragile" contrasts is lost due to their lack of exposure to particular sounds. Perception of "robust" contrasts is lost around the onset of formal language training due to children's lack of experience with phonologically irrelevant sounds. (Author/CB)