Effect of ambient language in the period of first words: 'bye-bye' vocalizations of Japanese and American children: Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing: Vol 5, No 1

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Abstract

The bye-bye vocalizations produced by 15 Japanese-reared children and seven American-English-reared children were examined for evidence of the effect of ambient language in the period of first words. Using the lexical age periods of 10-word and 50-word development, bye-bye vocalizations were analysed for overall duration and final syllable lengthening. Results of the analysis indicated a significant difference in overall duration and final syllable lengthening for the Japanese-reared children across the lexical periods, while minimal change was noted among the American-English-reared children. The results obtained for both groups were congruent with features of adult prosody known to exist for the two languages.

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