Perception of vowel length by Japanese- and English-learning infants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9788591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryoko Mugitani (0009-0004-1339-0121, NTT (Japan), corresponding author), Francoise Pons (0000-0001-5919-8590, University of British Columbia), Laurel Fais (University of British Columbia), Christiane Dietrich (University of British Columbia), Janet F Werker (0000-0002-1168-9013, University of British Columbia), Shigeaki Amano (NTT (Japan)) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 236-247 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0014043 |
| PMID | 19210005 |
| OpenAlex | W2091143423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
This study investigated vowel length discrimination in infants from 2 language backgrounds, Japanese and English, in which vowel length is either phonemic or nonphonemic. Experiment 1 revealed that English 18-month-olds discriminate short and long vowels although vowel length is not phonemically contrastive in English. Experiments 2 and 3 revealed that Japanese 18-month-olds also discriminate the pairs but in an asymmetric manner: They detected only the change from long to short vowel, but not the change in the opposite direction, although English infants in Experiment 1 detected the change in both directions. Experiment 4 tested Japanese 10-month-olds and revealed a symmetric pattern of discrimination similar to that of English 18-month-olds. Experiment 5 revealed that native adult Japanese speakers, unlike Japanese 18-month-old infants who are presumably still developing phonological perception, ultimately acquire a symmetrical discrimination pattern for the vowel contrasts. Taken together, our findings suggest that English 18-month-olds and Japanese 10-month-olds perceive vowel length using simple acoustic?phonetic cues, whereas Japanese 18-month-olds perceive it under the influence of the emerging native phonology, which leads to a transient asymmetric pattern in perception
Audiology · Developmental psychology · Formant · Language development · Linguistics · Mid vowel · Perception · Phonetics · Phonological development · Phonology · Speech perception · Vowel · Vowel length · Language Development and Disorders · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |