Although motherese may facilitate language acquisition, recent findings indicate that not all asp... more Although motherese may facilitate language acquisition, recent findings indicate that not all aspects of motherese are necessary for word recognition and speech segmentation, the building blocks of language learning. Rather, exposure to input that has prosodic, phonological, and statistical consistencies is sufficient to jump-start the learning process. In light of this, the infant-directedness of the input might be considered superfluous, at least insofar as language acquisition is concerned.
Universal phonetic patterns can be observed in babbling and early speech when infants produce rhy... more Universal phonetic patterns can be observed in babbling and early speech when infants produce rhythmic vocalizations that show structural similarities as well as differences from mature speakers. The Frame/Content perspective [1] illuminates underlying principles motivating intrasyllabic, consonant and vowel patterns observed in these early speech-like vocal sequences. According to this perspective, lack of articulator movements independent of the mandible in vocal sequences result in intrasyllabic co-occurrences of labial consonants with central vowels, coronal consonants with front vowels, and dorsal consonants with back vowels. As complexity emerges in consonant clusters, vocal sequences retain regularities of patterning predicted by the Frame/Content perspective. In addition, these patterns appear to be resilient in the face of auditory perceptual deficit. Although syllable use is low in infants with hearing impairment, when syllables are produced they follow the patterns found ...
ABSTRACTTo understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless ... more ABSTRACTTo understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless of language environment and the early appearance of production effects based on perceptual learning from the ambient language requires the study of languages with diverse phonological properties. Few studies have evaluated early phonological acquisition patterns of children in non-Indo-European language environments. In the current study, across- and within-syllable consonant–vowel co-occurrence patterns in babbling were analyzed for a 6-month period for seven Ecuadorean Quichua learning children who were between 9 and 17 months of age at study onset. Their babbling utterances were compared to the babbling of six English-learning children between 9 and 22 months of age. Child patterns for both languages were compared with Quichua and English ambient language patterns. Babbling output was highly similar for the child groups: Quichua and English children's babbling demonstrated similar...
At the earliest onset of word use, the growing number of recognizable and consistent attachments ... more At the earliest onset of word use, the growing number of recognizable and consistent attachments of vocalizations to particular word targets requires increasing precision in interactions of the systems supporting speech and language development (e.g. Davis & Bedore, 2013; Meltzoff, Kuhl, Movellan & Sejnowski, 2009). A major issue in fully understanding children’s formative stages of wordbased speech and language acquisition relates to potential interactions between their available phonological and/or articulatory capacities (how they produce sound patterns) and their early lexical choices (what words they want to say) (e.g Stoel-Gammon, 2011). To consider the factors motivating observable speech output patterns, the question arises of whether children at the onset of word use mainly attempt to produce words consisting of sounds they can already produce, or whether young children pick word targets without much regard for the sounds in those words. Another relevant factor that we will...
Very few studies to date have tested whether young children prefer to listen to words that they c... more Very few studies to date have tested whether young children prefer to listen to words that they can produce, or whether young children might recognize word forms faster if they are better at producing them (see Majorano, Vihman & DePaolis, 2013). In this study, we set out to explore potential links between patterns found in early speech production and early word recognition. Based on prevalent patterns found in children’s early word productions, we will investigate the perception of place of articulation within the word-initial CV unit in children’s early words. By testing whether there may be a perceptual advantage for words containing CV combinations that are prevalent in production, we also explore whether early recognition of familiar words may be influenced at a higher phonotactic level other than the segmental level alone. When children produce their first words, these are predominantly monosyllabic, and often consist of a CV syllable. It has been argued that children’s early ...
Consonant repetition ("reduplication") predominates in #CVC sequences in babbling and e... more Consonant repetition ("reduplication") predominates in #CVC sequences in babbling and early words, gradually giving way to consonant variation ("variegation") with a "Fronting" pattern whereby the first consonant has a more anterior place of articulation than the second. The various reduplicative patterns are primarily attributed to a "Frame" consisting of rhythmic mandibular oscillation. Evidence, including new evidence from a case study, suggests a labial-coronal-dorsal hierarchy of consonant production difficulty. Fronting may therefore result from a tendency to begin variegated sequences with an easier consonant and continue with a more difficult one. Easier initiation may be a self organizing response to the functional load involved in interfacing the lexicon with the motor system. The heavy favoring of one particular variegated sequence, the labial-coronal sequence, in both infants and languages, suggests that it may have been a first di...
... occurrence trends have been reported (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Chen & Kent, 2005... more ... occurrence trends have been reported (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Chen & Kent, 2005; Oller & Steffans, 1993; Tyler & Langsdale ... influences in production repertoires has been examined for utterance and syllable structures (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Kopkalli-Yavuz & Topbaç ...
1. The Problem. 2. The Enabling Mechanisms. 3. The Model. 4. Vocalization and Pattern Detection t... more 1. The Problem. 2. The Enabling Mechanisms. 3. The Model. 4. Vocalization and Pattern Detection through Moving and Sensing. 5. Refining Patterns of Complexity. 6. Contemporary Theories and Paradigms. 7. The Present State and a Future for Emergence.
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Chris Code, University of Exeter, UK Kate Crowe, Australian Hearing, Australia Linda Cupples, Mac... more Chris Code, University of Exeter, UK Kate Crowe, Australian Hearing, Australia Linda Cupples, Macquarie University, Australia Bronwyn Davidson, The University of Melbourne, Australia Barbara L. Davis, The University of Texas, Austin, USA Tania De Bortoli, The University of Newcastle, Australia Joshua Diehl, Yale School of Medicine, USA Maria Dietrich, University of Kentucky, USA Barbara Dodd, City University, UK Christine Dollaghan, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Alice Eriks-Brophy, University of Toronto, Canada David Ertmer, Purdue University, USA Leah Fabiano-Smith, The University of Arizona, USA Alison Ferguson, University of Newcastle, Australia Peter Flipsen Jnr, Idaho State University, USA Joanne Folker, The University of Queensland, Australia Silke Fricke, University of York, UK Joan Furey, The College of Wooster, USA Hilary Gardner, Sheffi eld University, UK Sandra Gillam, Utah State University, USA Judith Gould, University of South Australia, Australia Elizabeth Grillo, West Chester University, USA Celia Harding, City University, UK Lena Hartelius, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Chyrisse Heine, La Trobe University, Australia Neville Hennessey, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Deborah Hersh, Edith Cowan University, Australia Anne Hesketh, Manchester, UK Louise Hickson, The University of Queensland, Australia Anne Hill, The University of Queensland, Australia The editor and executive board wish to thank each of the following people for reviewing manuscripts for the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology over the past year. The standard of the journal is enhanced by the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of these reviewers. We particularly would like to thank Mark Jones from The University of Queensland and Neville Hennessey from Curtin University of Technology who have provided sound statistical advice regarding many of the submitted manuscripts. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012; 14(1): 91–93
Although motherese may facilitate language acquisition, recent findings indicate that not all asp... more Although motherese may facilitate language acquisition, recent findings indicate that not all aspects of motherese are necessary for word recognition and speech segmentation, the building blocks of language learning. Rather, exposure to input that has prosodic, phonological, and statistical consistencies is sufficient to jump-start the learning process. In light of this, the infant-directedness of the input might be considered superfluous, at least insofar as language acquisition is concerned.
Universal phonetic patterns can be observed in babbling and early speech when infants produce rhy... more Universal phonetic patterns can be observed in babbling and early speech when infants produce rhythmic vocalizations that show structural similarities as well as differences from mature speakers. The Frame/Content perspective [1] illuminates underlying principles motivating intrasyllabic, consonant and vowel patterns observed in these early speech-like vocal sequences. According to this perspective, lack of articulator movements independent of the mandible in vocal sequences result in intrasyllabic co-occurrences of labial consonants with central vowels, coronal consonants with front vowels, and dorsal consonants with back vowels. As complexity emerges in consonant clusters, vocal sequences retain regularities of patterning predicted by the Frame/Content perspective. In addition, these patterns appear to be resilient in the face of auditory perceptual deficit. Although syllable use is low in infants with hearing impairment, when syllables are produced they follow the patterns found ...
ABSTRACTTo understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless ... more ABSTRACTTo understand the interactions between production patterns common to children regardless of language environment and the early appearance of production effects based on perceptual learning from the ambient language requires the study of languages with diverse phonological properties. Few studies have evaluated early phonological acquisition patterns of children in non-Indo-European language environments. In the current study, across- and within-syllable consonant–vowel co-occurrence patterns in babbling were analyzed for a 6-month period for seven Ecuadorean Quichua learning children who were between 9 and 17 months of age at study onset. Their babbling utterances were compared to the babbling of six English-learning children between 9 and 22 months of age. Child patterns for both languages were compared with Quichua and English ambient language patterns. Babbling output was highly similar for the child groups: Quichua and English children's babbling demonstrated similar...
At the earliest onset of word use, the growing number of recognizable and consistent attachments ... more At the earliest onset of word use, the growing number of recognizable and consistent attachments of vocalizations to particular word targets requires increasing precision in interactions of the systems supporting speech and language development (e.g. Davis & Bedore, 2013; Meltzoff, Kuhl, Movellan & Sejnowski, 2009). A major issue in fully understanding children’s formative stages of wordbased speech and language acquisition relates to potential interactions between their available phonological and/or articulatory capacities (how they produce sound patterns) and their early lexical choices (what words they want to say) (e.g Stoel-Gammon, 2011). To consider the factors motivating observable speech output patterns, the question arises of whether children at the onset of word use mainly attempt to produce words consisting of sounds they can already produce, or whether young children pick word targets without much regard for the sounds in those words. Another relevant factor that we will...
Very few studies to date have tested whether young children prefer to listen to words that they c... more Very few studies to date have tested whether young children prefer to listen to words that they can produce, or whether young children might recognize word forms faster if they are better at producing them (see Majorano, Vihman & DePaolis, 2013). In this study, we set out to explore potential links between patterns found in early speech production and early word recognition. Based on prevalent patterns found in children’s early word productions, we will investigate the perception of place of articulation within the word-initial CV unit in children’s early words. By testing whether there may be a perceptual advantage for words containing CV combinations that are prevalent in production, we also explore whether early recognition of familiar words may be influenced at a higher phonotactic level other than the segmental level alone. When children produce their first words, these are predominantly monosyllabic, and often consist of a CV syllable. It has been argued that children’s early ...
Consonant repetition ("reduplication") predominates in #CVC sequences in babbling and e... more Consonant repetition ("reduplication") predominates in #CVC sequences in babbling and early words, gradually giving way to consonant variation ("variegation") with a "Fronting" pattern whereby the first consonant has a more anterior place of articulation than the second. The various reduplicative patterns are primarily attributed to a "Frame" consisting of rhythmic mandibular oscillation. Evidence, including new evidence from a case study, suggests a labial-coronal-dorsal hierarchy of consonant production difficulty. Fronting may therefore result from a tendency to begin variegated sequences with an easier consonant and continue with a more difficult one. Easier initiation may be a self organizing response to the functional load involved in interfacing the lexicon with the motor system. The heavy favoring of one particular variegated sequence, the labial-coronal sequence, in both infants and languages, suggests that it may have been a first di...
... occurrence trends have been reported (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Chen & Kent, 2005... more ... occurrence trends have been reported (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Chen & Kent, 2005; Oller & Steffans, 1993; Tyler & Langsdale ... influences in production repertoires has been examined for utterance and syllable structures (de Boysson-Bardies, 1993; Kopkalli-Yavuz & Topbaç ...
1. The Problem. 2. The Enabling Mechanisms. 3. The Model. 4. Vocalization and Pattern Detection t... more 1. The Problem. 2. The Enabling Mechanisms. 3. The Model. 4. Vocalization and Pattern Detection through Moving and Sensing. 5. Refining Patterns of Complexity. 6. Contemporary Theories and Paradigms. 7. The Present State and a Future for Emergence.
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Chris Code, University of Exeter, UK Kate Crowe, Australian Hearing, Australia Linda Cupples, Mac... more Chris Code, University of Exeter, UK Kate Crowe, Australian Hearing, Australia Linda Cupples, Macquarie University, Australia Bronwyn Davidson, The University of Melbourne, Australia Barbara L. Davis, The University of Texas, Austin, USA Tania De Bortoli, The University of Newcastle, Australia Joshua Diehl, Yale School of Medicine, USA Maria Dietrich, University of Kentucky, USA Barbara Dodd, City University, UK Christine Dollaghan, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Alice Eriks-Brophy, University of Toronto, Canada David Ertmer, Purdue University, USA Leah Fabiano-Smith, The University of Arizona, USA Alison Ferguson, University of Newcastle, Australia Peter Flipsen Jnr, Idaho State University, USA Joanne Folker, The University of Queensland, Australia Silke Fricke, University of York, UK Joan Furey, The College of Wooster, USA Hilary Gardner, Sheffi eld University, UK Sandra Gillam, Utah State University, USA Judith Gould, University of South Australia, Australia Elizabeth Grillo, West Chester University, USA Celia Harding, City University, UK Lena Hartelius, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Chyrisse Heine, La Trobe University, Australia Neville Hennessey, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Deborah Hersh, Edith Cowan University, Australia Anne Hesketh, Manchester, UK Louise Hickson, The University of Queensland, Australia Anne Hill, The University of Queensland, Australia The editor and executive board wish to thank each of the following people for reviewing manuscripts for the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology over the past year. The standard of the journal is enhanced by the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of these reviewers. We particularly would like to thank Mark Jones from The University of Queensland and Neville Hennessey from Curtin University of Technology who have provided sound statistical advice regarding many of the submitted manuscripts. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012; 14(1): 91–93
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