John Bunce
Biographic Data
| ID | 6893701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Bunce |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Bunce |
| SIGNATURE | BUNCE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Merced |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1654-1384 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cross-Linguistic and Socioeconomic Differences in the Use of Variation Sets in Children’s Communicative Environments
This study examines variation sets (VS) – structured repetitions of words in different morphosyntactic contexts – in child-directed speech (CDS) compared to adult-directed speech (ADS) across two communities (Argentinian Spanish and North American English) and socioeconomic groups. Drawing on naturalistic recordings from 101 families, results show that VS are more frequent in CDS than in ADS. In Argentinian Spanish, they are more prevalent in mid…
A cross-linguistic examination of young children’s everyday language experiences
We present an exploratory cross-linguistic analysis of the quantity of target-child-directed speech and adult-directed speech in North American English (US & Canadian), United Kingdom English, Argentinian Spanish, Tseltal (Tenejapa, Mayan), and Yélî Dnye (Rossel Island, Papuan), using annotations from 69 children aged 2–36 months. Using a novel methodological approach, our cross-linguistic and cross-cultural findings support prior work suggesting…
A thorough evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (Lena) system
Automatic word count estimation from daylong child-centered recordings in various language environments using language-independent syllabification of speech
Automatic word count estimation (WCE) from audio recordings can be used to quantify the amount of verbal communication in a recording environment. One key application of WCE is to measure language input heard by infants and toddlers in their natural environments, as captured by daylong recordings from microphones worn by the infants. Although WCE is nearly trivial for high-quality signals in high-resource languages, daylong recordings are substan…
A thorough evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (Lenatm) system
In the previous decade, dozens of studies involving thousands of children across several research disciplines have made use of a combined daylong audio-recorder and automated algorithmic analysis called the LENA^®^ system, which aims to assess children's language environment. While the system's prevalence in the language acquisition domain is steadily growing, there are only scattered validation efforts, on only some of its key characteristics. H…
Finding meaning in a noisy world: Exploring the effects of referential ambiguity and competition on 2·5-year-olds’ cross-situational word learning
While recent studies suggest children can use cross-situational information to learn words, these studies involved minimal referential ambiguity, and the cross-situational evidence overwhelmingly favored a single referent for each word. Here we asked whether 2·5-year-olds could identify a noun's referent when the scene and cross-situational evidence were more ambiguous. Children saw four trials in which a novel word occurred with four novel objec…
Connected: Facebook may facilitate face-to-face relationships for introverts
Finding meaning in a noisy world: Exploring the effects of referential ambiguity and competition on 2·5-year-olds’ cross-situational word learning
While recent studies suggest children can use cross-situational information to learn words, these studies involved minimal referential ambiguity, and the cross-situational evidence overwhelmingly favored a single referent for each word. Here we asked whether 2·5-year-olds could identify a noun's referent when the scene and cross-situational evidence were more ambiguous. Children saw four trials in which a novel word occurred with four novel objec…
Connected: Facebook may facilitate face-to-face relationships for introverts
Automatic word count estimation from daylong child-centered recordings in various language environments using language-independent syllabification of speech
Automatic word count estimation (WCE) from audio recordings can be used to quantify the amount of verbal communication in a recording environment. One key application of WCE is to measure language input heard by infants and toddlers in their natural environments, as captured by daylong recordings from microphones worn by the infants. Although WCE is nearly trivial for high-quality signals in high-resource languages, daylong recordings are substan…
A thorough evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (Lenatm) system
In the previous decade, dozens of studies involving thousands of children across several research disciplines have made use of a combined daylong audio-recorder and automated algorithmic analysis called the LENA^®^ system, which aims to assess children's language environment. While the system's prevalence in the language acquisition domain is steadily growing, there are only scattered validation efforts, on only some of its key characteristics. H…
A thorough evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (Lena) system
A cross-linguistic examination of young children’s everyday language experiences
We present an exploratory cross-linguistic analysis of the quantity of target-child-directed speech and adult-directed speech in North American English (US & Canadian), United Kingdom English, Argentinian Spanish, Tseltal (Tenejapa, Mayan), and Yélî Dnye (Rossel Island, Papuan), using annotations from 69 children aged 2–36 months. Using a novel methodological approach, our cross-linguistic and cross-cultural findings support prior work suggesting…
Cross-Linguistic and Socioeconomic Differences in the Use of Variation Sets in Children’s Communicative Environments
This study examines variation sets (VS) – structured repetitions of words in different morphosyntactic contexts – in child-directed speech (CDS) compared to adult-directed speech (ADS) across two communities (Argentinian Spanish and North American English) and socioeconomic groups. Drawing on naturalistic recordings from 101 families, results show that VS are more frequent in CDS than in ADS. In Argentinian Spanish, they are more prevalent in mid…
Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Language Development and Disorders (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Natural language processing (3 works) · Speech and dialogue systems (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Language acquisition (2 works)