A cross-linguistic examination of toddlers' interpretation of vowel duration.
A cross-linguistic examination of toddlers' interpretation of vowel duration.
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对幼儿对元音持续时间解释的跨语言检查。
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10.1111/infa.12280
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2019
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VanderFeest,Suzanne
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Swingley,Daniel;VanderFeest,Suzanne
不同语言对元音持续时间的语音使用有所不同。对于孩子来说，学习持续时间如何影响词汇对比是很复杂的，因为片段持续时间涉及许多不同的语言差异。使用语言引导的查找任务，我们测量了 21 个月大的英语和荷兰语儿童对具有正常或经过控制的元音持续时间的熟悉单词的识别能力。荷兰语学习者而非英语学习者受到持续时间变化的影响，尽管两种语言的短元音和长元音的分布相似，并且英语使用元音持续时间作为（例如）辅音尾声的提示。此外，我们发现荷兰幼儿的单词识别受到元音缩短的影响，但不受元音延长的影响，这与荷兰成年人中也发现的不对称现象相匹配。考虑到输入中跨语言差异的微妙性，以及作为语音特征的持续时间的复杂性，我们的结果表明，两岁生日之前的儿童具有很强的语音分析能力。
Languages differ in their phonological use of vowel duration. For the child, learning how duration contributes to lexical contrast is complicated because segmental duration is implicated in many different linguistic distinctions. Using a language‐guided looking task, we measured English and Dutch 21‐month‐olds’ recognition of familiar words with normal or manipulated vowel durations. Dutch but not English learners were affected by duration changes, even though distributions of short and long vowels in both languages are similar, and English uses vowel duration as a cue to (for example) consonant coda voicing. Additionally, we found that word recognition in Dutch toddlers was affected by shortening but not lengthening of vowels, matching an asymmetry also found in Dutch adults. Considering the subtlety of the cross‐linguistic difference in the input, and the complexity of duration as a phonetic feature, our results suggest a strong capacity for phonetic analysis in children before their second birthday.