Acquisition of the feature [+spread glottis] in Icelandic
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 20:1-23. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000582. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe feature [+spread glottis] ([+s.g.]) denotes that a speech sound is produced with a wide glottal aperture with audible voiceless airflow. Icelandic is unusual in the degree to which [+spread glottis] is involved in the phonology: in /h/, pre-aspirated and post-aspirated stops, voiceless fricatives and voiceless sonorants. The ubiquitousness of the feature could potentially affect the rate and process of its acquisition. This paper investigates the development of [+s.g.] in Icelandic, both in general and in a range of contexts, ...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 20, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Thora M ásdóttir Barbara May Bernhardt Joseph Paul Stemberger Gunnar Ólafur Hansson Source Type: research
Acquisition of the feature [+spread glottis] in Icelandic
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 20:1-23. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000582. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe feature [+spread glottis] ([+s.g.]) denotes that a speech sound is produced with a wide glottal aperture with audible voiceless airflow. Icelandic is unusual in the degree to which [+spread glottis] is involved in the phonology: in /h/, pre-aspirated and post-aspirated stops, voiceless fricatives and voiceless sonorants. The ubiquitousness of the feature could potentially affect the rate and process of its acquisition. This paper investigates the development of [+s.g.] in Icelandic, both in general and in a range of contexts, ...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 20, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Thora M ásdóttir Barbara May Bernhardt Joseph Paul Stemberger Gunnar Ólafur Hansson Source Type: research
Revisiting frequencies of phonological sound classes in speech input: Change over time in child-directed speech
This study analyzed speech input from 44 adults to four different age groups of listeners (i.e., three groups of children at 6, 18, and 36 months of age and one group of adult listeners) in terms of frequency of occurrence of consonant and vowel classes. Results revealed that consonant stop, nasal, fricative and glide manner classes as well as all four consonant place classes were significantly different in speech directed to the four different age groups. A perspective is discussed to better understand the nature of frequency input of phonological sound classes.PMID:37850315 | DOI:10.1017/S0305000923000570 (Source: Journal of Child Language)
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 18, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sue Ann S Lee Jaehoon Lee Barbara L Davis Source Type: research
Revisiting frequencies of phonological sound classes in speech input: Change over time in child-directed speech
This study analyzed speech input from 44 adults to four different age groups of listeners (i.e., three groups of children at 6, 18, and 36 months of age and one group of adult listeners) in terms of frequency of occurrence of consonant and vowel classes. Results revealed that consonant stop, nasal, fricative and glide manner classes as well as all four consonant place classes were significantly different in speech directed to the four different age groups. A perspective is discussed to better understand the nature of frequency input of phonological sound classes.PMID:37850315 | DOI:10.1017/S0305000923000570 (Source: Journal of Child Language)
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 18, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sue Ann S Lee Jaehoon Lee Barbara L Davis Source Type: research
The observation of superiority on multiple movements to the Italian left-periphery: Intervention effects on nested dependencies and the role of information-structure features
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 16:1-33. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000508. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTYoung Romance speakers can structure their sentences by dislocating multiple constituents to the left periphery, resulting in non-canonical word orders. Production data, however, show that this ordering is rigid: only SOV sequences are attested, an observation reminiscent of Superiority. The first goal of the paper is to replicate this observation in comprehension; the second is to derive the Subject-over-Object pattern in terms of Intervention, with the additional assumption that only nested chains count as interveners. Three exp...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Vincenzo Moscati Source Type: research
The observation of superiority on multiple movements to the Italian left-periphery: Intervention effects on nested dependencies and the role of information-structure features
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 16:1-33. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000508. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTYoung Romance speakers can structure their sentences by dislocating multiple constituents to the left periphery, resulting in non-canonical word orders. Production data, however, show that this ordering is rigid: only SOV sequences are attested, an observation reminiscent of Superiority. The first goal of the paper is to replicate this observation in comprehension; the second is to derive the Subject-over-Object pattern in terms of Intervention, with the additional assumption that only nested chains count as interveners. Three exp...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Vincenzo Moscati Source Type: research
The observation of superiority on multiple movements to the Italian left-periphery: Intervention effects on nested dependencies and the role of information-structure features
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 16:1-33. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000508. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTYoung Romance speakers can structure their sentences by dislocating multiple constituents to the left periphery, resulting in non-canonical word orders. Production data, however, show that this ordering is rigid: only SOV sequences are attested, an observation reminiscent of Superiority. The first goal of the paper is to replicate this observation in comprehension; the second is to derive the Subject-over-Object pattern in terms of Intervention, with the additional assumption that only nested chains count as interveners. Three exp...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Vincenzo Moscati Source Type: research
The Development of Abstract Word Meanings
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000569. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExtensive research has shown that children's early words are learned through sensorimotor experience. Thus, early-acquired words tend to have more concrete meanings. Abstract word meanings tend to be learned later but less is known about their acquisition. We collected meaning-specific concreteness ratings and examined their relationship with age-of-acquisition data from large-scale vocabulary testing with children in grade 2 to college age. Earlier-acquired meanings were rated as more concrete while later-acquired meanings as more...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emiko J Muraki Lorraine D Reggin Carissa Y Feddema Penny M Pexman Source Type: research
Socio-economic status and other potential risk factors for language development in the first year of life
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-21. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000478. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA wide variety of language skills has been shown to be compromised in children from low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few studies have investigated the effect of SES on language development in infants. The aim of this study is two-fold: to investigate when the first SES-effects on language can be observed and to explore the effects of three variables often claimed to be linked to SES - gestational duration, stress and parent-child interaction - on language development. Parents/caregivers of 539 Dutch-acquiring infants aged 8...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sarah J DER Nederlanden Jeannette C Schaeffer Hedwig H J A VAN Bakel Evelien Dirks Source Type: research
The Development of Abstract Word Meanings
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000569. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExtensive research has shown that children's early words are learned through sensorimotor experience. Thus, early-acquired words tend to have more concrete meanings. Abstract word meanings tend to be learned later but less is known about their acquisition. We collected meaning-specific concreteness ratings and examined their relationship with age-of-acquisition data from large-scale vocabulary testing with children in grade 2 to college age. Earlier-acquired meanings were rated as more concrete while later-acquired meanings as more...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emiko J Muraki Lorraine D Reggin Carissa Y Feddema Penny M Pexman Source Type: research
Socio-economic status and other potential risk factors for language development in the first year of life
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-21. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000478. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA wide variety of language skills has been shown to be compromised in children from low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few studies have investigated the effect of SES on language development in infants. The aim of this study is two-fold: to investigate when the first SES-effects on language can be observed and to explore the effects of three variables often claimed to be linked to SES - gestational duration, stress and parent-child interaction - on language development. Parents/caregivers of 539 Dutch-acquiring infants aged 8...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sarah J DER Nederlanden Jeannette C Schaeffer Hedwig H J A VAN Bakel Evelien Dirks Source Type: research
The Development of Abstract Word Meanings
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000569. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExtensive research has shown that children's early words are learned through sensorimotor experience. Thus, early-acquired words tend to have more concrete meanings. Abstract word meanings tend to be learned later but less is known about their acquisition. We collected meaning-specific concreteness ratings and examined their relationship with age-of-acquisition data from large-scale vocabulary testing with children in grade 2 to college age. Earlier-acquired meanings were rated as more concrete while later-acquired meanings as more...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emiko J Muraki Lorraine D Reggin Carissa Y Feddema Penny M Pexman Source Type: research
Socio-economic status and other potential risk factors for language development in the first year of life
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-21. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000478. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA wide variety of language skills has been shown to be compromised in children from low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few studies have investigated the effect of SES on language development in infants. The aim of this study is two-fold: to investigate when the first SES-effects on language can be observed and to explore the effects of three variables often claimed to be linked to SES - gestational duration, stress and parent-child interaction - on language development. Parents/caregivers of 539 Dutch-acquiring infants aged 8...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sarah J DER Nederlanden Jeannette C Schaeffer Hedwig H J A VAN Bakel Evelien Dirks Source Type: research
The Development of Abstract Word Meanings
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000569. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExtensive research has shown that children's early words are learned through sensorimotor experience. Thus, early-acquired words tend to have more concrete meanings. Abstract word meanings tend to be learned later but less is known about their acquisition. We collected meaning-specific concreteness ratings and examined their relationship with age-of-acquisition data from large-scale vocabulary testing with children in grade 2 to college age. Earlier-acquired meanings were rated as more concrete while later-acquired meanings as more...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emiko J Muraki Lorraine D Reggin Carissa Y Feddema Penny M Pexman Source Type: research
Socio-economic status and other potential risk factors for language development in the first year of life
J Child Lang. 2023 Oct 4:1-21. doi: 10.1017/S0305000923000478. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA wide variety of language skills has been shown to be compromised in children from low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few studies have investigated the effect of SES on language development in infants. The aim of this study is two-fold: to investigate when the first SES-effects on language can be observed and to explore the effects of three variables often claimed to be linked to SES - gestational duration, stress and parent-child interaction - on language development. Parents/caregivers of 539 Dutch-acquiring infants aged 8...
Source: Journal of Child Language - October 4, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sarah J DER Nederlanden Jeannette C Schaeffer Hedwig H J A VAN Bakel Evelien Dirks Source Type: research
