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Wonnacott, Elizabeth and Watson, Duane G. (2008) Acoustic emphasis in four year olds. Cognition, Volume 107 (Number 3). pp. 1093-1101. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2007.10.005 ISSN 0010-0277.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2007.10.005
Abstract
Acoustic emphasis may convey a range of subtle discourse distinctions, yet little is known about how this complex ability develops in children. This paper presents a first investigation of the factors which influence the production of acoustic prominence in young children’s spontaneous speech. In a production experiment, SVO sentences were elicited from 4 year olds who were asked to describe events in a video. Children were found to place more acoustic prominence both on ‘new’ words and on words that were ‘given’ but had shifted to a more accessible position within the discourse. This effect of accessibility concurs with recent studies of adult speech. We conclude that, by age four, children show appropriate, adult-like use of acoustic prominence, suggesting sensitivity to a variety of discourse distinctions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Language, Communicative competence in children, Language awareness in children, Verbal ability in children, Versification, Prosodic analysis (Linguistics), Hearing | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cognition | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
| ISSN: | 0010-0277 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 107 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1093-1101 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.10.005 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
| Funder: | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (NIH) | ||||
| Grant number: | 5T32MH19942-08, 2T32DC000035-11 (NIH) |
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