Intrinsic F 0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants.
| Number | 941 |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Drawer | 17 |
| Entry Date | 07/10/1998 |
| Authors | Whalen, D.H., Levitt, Andrea G., Hsiao, Pai-Ling, and Smorodinsky, Iris. |
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| Publication | J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 97 (4), April 1995, 2533-2539. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0941.pdf |
| Abstract | In every language so far examined, high vowels such as [i] and [u] tend to have higher fundamental frequencies (F 0s) than low vowels such as [a]/ This intrinsic F 0 (IF 0) has been found in the speech of children at various stages of development, except in the one previous study of babbling. The present study is based on a larger set of utterances from more subject (six French- and six English-learning infants), at the ages 6, 9, and 12 months. It is found, instead, that IF 0 appears even in babbling. There is no indication in these data of a developmental trend for the effect, and no indication of a difference due to the target language. These results support the claim that IF 0 is an automatic consequence of producing vowels. |
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