MATERNAL SPEECH TO INFANTS IN A TONAL LANGUAGE - SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL PROSODIC FEATURES IN MOTHERESE
MATERNAL SPEECH TO INFANTS IN A TONAL LANGUAGE - SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL PROSODIC FEATURES IN MOTHERESE
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.24.1.14
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发表时间：
1988-01-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
KUHL, PK
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作者：
GRIESER, DL;KUHL, PK
韵律功能的母亲讲话给2个月大的婴儿进行了定量测量，在一个音调的语言，普通话，以确定是否有类似的功能，如英语和德语的非音调的语言。当8位讲普通话的母亲对一位成年人和她们自己的婴儿说话时，记录了语音样本。八个韵律特征测量计算机：基频（音高），频率范围每样本，频率范围每短语，短语持续时间，停顿持续时间，短语的数量每样本，每短语的音节数，和短语时间的比例，而不是每样本的停顿时间。结果表明，基本频率显着较高，并表现出更大的范围在整个样本以及更大的范围内，每个短语在婴儿为导向，而不是成人为导向的讲话。持续时间分析表明，显着较短的话语和较长的停顿在婴儿的指导讲话。每个样本中的短语数量明显减少，每个短语中的音节数量减少，每个样本中的短语时间减少。这种模式的结果，普通话motherese是类似的报告，在其他语言，并建议motherese可能表现出普遍的韵律特征。
The prosodic features of maternal speech addressed to 2-month-old infants were measured quantitatively in a tonal language, Mandarin Chinese, to determine whether the features are similar to those observed in nontonal languages such as English and German. Speech samples were recorded when 8 Mandarin-speaking mothers addressed an adult and their own infants. Eight prosodic features were measured by computer: fundamental frequency (pitch), frequency range per sample, frequency range per phrase, phrase duration, pause duration, number of phrases per sample, number of syllables per phrase, and the proportion of phrase time as opposed to pause time per sample. Results showed that fundamental frequency was significantly higher and exhibited a larger range over the entire sample as well as a larger range per phrase in infant-directed as opposed to adult-directed speech. Durational analyses indicated significantly shorter utterances and longer pauses in infant directed speech. Significantly fewer phrases per sample, fewer syllables per phrase, and less phrase-time per sample occurred in infant-directed speech. This pattern of results for Mandarin motherese is similar to that reported in other languages and suggests that motherese may exhibit universal prosodic features.