Disentangling Attention for Frequency and Phonological Markedness in 9- and 12-Month-Old Infants

Autor/inn/en	ter Haar, Sita Minke; Levelt, Clara Cecilia
Titel	Disentangling Attention for Frequency and Phonological Markedness in 9- and 12-Month-Old Infants
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 14 (2018) 4, S.279-296 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (ter Haar, Sita Minke) ORCID (Levelt, Clara Cecilia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2018.1480375
Schlagwörter	Phonology; Teaching Methods; Preferences; Correlation; Phonemes; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Syllables; Developmental Stages; Linguistic Input; Cues; Language Patterns; Listening; Auditory Stimuli; Indo European Languages; Foreign Countries; Attention; Scoring; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Korrelation; Fonem; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Silbe; Sprachbildung; Stichwort; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Hörvorgang; Zuhören; Auditive Stimulation; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Aufmerksamkeit; Bewertung; Niederlande
Abstract	Infants are thought to be sensitive to frequency in the input as a cue for phonological development. However, linguistic biases such as phonological markedness have been argued to play a role too. Since frequency and markedness are correlated, the two assertions could be different interpretations of data that confound frequency and markedness. In this study we disentangle the two, by testing infants' preferences for syllables contrasting in frequency, balanced for markedness, and for syllables contrasting in markedness, balanced for frequency. We expected a developmental change from frequency-independent to frequency-dependent sensitivity. In addition, we expected an early preference for unmarked structure and a later preference for marked structures, as previously found in child language productions. We find that 9-month-olds prefer phonologically unmarked homorganic patterns, independent of frequency, whereas 12-month-olds prefer marked heterorganic patterns. In contrast to what we expected, only a weak effect for frequency is found and no developmental change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01