Effects of Prior Phonotactic Knowledge on Infant Word Segmentation: The Case of Nonadjacent Dependencies
Effects of Prior Phonotactic Knowledge on Infant Word Segmentation: The Case of Nonadjacent Dependencies
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DOI：
10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0138
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Nazzi, Thierry
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作者：
Gonzalez-Gomez, Nayeli;Nazzi, Thierry
目的：在这项研究中，作者探讨了法语学习的婴儿是否使用非相邻的phonotactic在他们的母语，他们学习的年龄在7和10个月之间，分割词从流利speech.Method：两组20名法语学习的婴儿进行了测试，使用头部转向偏好程序在10和13个月的年龄。在实验1中，婴儿熟悉2个通道：1包含一个目标词与频繁的nonadjacent phonotactic结构，另一个包含一个目标词与罕见的nonadjacent phonotactic结构在法国。在测试阶段，婴儿提出了4个单词列表：2个包含在熟悉过程中提出的目标词和其他2个控制词具有相同的音位结构。实验二再次测试了婴儿对非频繁语音结构词的切分能力。结果：10个月和13个月的婴儿都能对频繁语音结构词进行切分，但只有到13个月时，并且只有在实验二的情况下，婴儿才能对非频繁语音结构词进行切分。这些结果提供了新的证据表明，婴儿的词分割的影响，事先非相邻的语音知识。
Purpose: In this study, the authors explored whether French-learning infants use nonadjacent phonotactic regularities in their native language, which they learn between the ages of 7 and 10 months, to segment words from fluent speech.Method: Two groups of 20 French-learning infants were tested using the head-turn preference procedure at 10 and 13 months of age. In Experiment 1, infants were familiarized with 2 passages: 1 containing a target word with a frequent nonadjacent phonotactic structure and the other containing a target word with an infrequent nonadjacent phonotactic structure in French. During the test phase, infants were presented with 4 word lists: 2 containing the target words presented during familiarization and 2 other control words with the same phonotactic structure. In Experiment 2, the authors retested infants' ability to segment words with the infrequent phonotactic structure.Results: Ten- and 13-month-olds were able to segment words with the frequent phonotactic structure, but it is only by 13 months, and only under the circumstances of Experiment 2, that infants could segment words with the infrequent phonotactic structure.Conclusion: These results provide new evidence showing that infant word segmentation is influenced by prior nonadjacent phonotactic knowledge.