Perception of Prosodic Boundary Correlates by Newborn Infants

Overview

Journal Infancy

Specialties Gynecology & Obstetrics
Pediatrics

Date 2021 Jan 16

PMID 33451208

Citations 14

Authors

Anne Christophe

Jacques Mehler

Nuria Sebastian-Galles

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Abstract

French newborn infants were shown to perceive acoustic correlates of phonological phrase boundaries in Spanish, with stress-controlled stimuli. Access to phonological phrase boundaries may facilitate the acquisition of a lexicon, as well as some aspects of phonology and even syntax.

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