Language-General Biases and Language-Specific Experience Contribute to Phonological Detail in Toddlers' Word Representations

Autor/inn/en	Tsuji, Sho; Fikkert, Paula; Yamane, Naoto; Mazuka, Reiko
Titel	Language-General Biases and Language-Specific Experience Contribute to Phonological Detail in Toddlers' Word Representations
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 52 (2016) 3, S.379-390 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000093
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Phonology; Bias; Vocabulary; Phonemes; Indo European Languages; Japanese; Pronunciation; Language Acquisition; Change; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Fonologie; Wortschatz; Fonem; Indoeuropäisch; Japaner; Japanisch; Aussprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Wandel; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	Although toddlers in their 2nd year of life generally have phonologically detailed representations of words, a consistent lack of sensitivity to certain kinds of phonological changes has been reported. The origin of these insensitivities is poorly understood, and uncovering their cause is crucial for obtaining a complete picture of early phonological development. The present study explored the origins of the insensitivity to the change from coronal to labial consonants. In cross-linguistic research, we assessed to what extent this insensitivity is language-specific (or would show both in learners of Dutch and a very different language like Japanese), and contrast/direction-specific to the coronal-to-labial change (or would also extend to the coronal-to-dorsal change). We measured Dutch and Japanese 18-month-old toddlers' sensitivity to labial and dorsal mispronunciations of newly learned coronal-initial words. Both Dutch and Japanese toddlers showed reduced sensitivity to the coronal-to-labial change, although this effect was more pronounced in Dutch toddlers. The lack of sensitivity was also specific to the coronal-to-labial change because toddlers from both language backgrounds were highly sensitive to dorsal mispronunciations. Combined with results from previous studies, the present outcomes are most consistent with an early, language-general bias specific to the coronal-to-labial change, which is modified by the properties of toddlers' early, language-specific lexicon. (As Provided).
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