Emergence of a consonant bias during the first year of life
New evidence from own‐name recognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16783173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katie Von Holzen (0000-0001-7636-2209, Délégation Paris 5, corresponding author), Thierry Nazzi (0000-0002-4378-3661, Délégation Paris 5) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 319-346 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infancy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1525-0008 • E-ISSN: 1532-7078 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/infa.12331 |
| PMID | 32749054 |
| OpenAlex | W3014476783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
Recent evidence suggests that during the first year of life, a preference for consonant information during lexical processing (consonant bias) emerges, at least for some languages like French. Our study investigated the factors involved in this emergence as well as the developmental consequences for variation in consonant bias emergence. In a series of experiments, we measured 5‐, 8‐, and 11‐month‐old French‐learning infants orientation times to a consonant or vowel mispronunciation of their own name, which is one of the few word forms familiar to infants at this young age. Both 5‐ and 8‐month‐olds oriented longer to vowel mispronunciations, but 11‐month‐olds showed a different pattern, initially orienting longer to consonant mispronunciations. We interpret these results as further evidence of an initial vowel bias, with consonant bias emergence by 11 months. Neither acoustic‐phonetic nor lexical factors predicted preferences in 8‐ and 11‐month‐olds. Finally, counter to our predictions, a vowel bias at the time of test for 11‐month‐olds was related to later productive vocabulary outcomes
Audiology · Consonant · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Vocabulary · Vowel · Child and Animal Learning Development · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |