Testing the Hyperarticulation and Prosodic Hypotheses of Child-Directed Speech: Insights From the Perceptual and Acoustic Characteristics of Child-Directed Cantonese Tones.

Purpose: The function of child-directed speech has been debated for decades. This study examined the perceptual and acoustic characteristics of child- and adult-directed Cantonese tones to test the hyperarticulation and prosodic hypotheses that have been proposed to account for the acoustic modifica...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 61; no. 8; pp. 1907 - 1926
Main Authors:	Puisan Wong, Wing Sum Ng, Kelly
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Aug2018
Subjects:	Hong Kong (China) Analysis of variance Mothers Intonation (Phonetics) Reliability (Personality trait) Speech Experimental design Musical perception Questionnaires Research funding Sound Statistics Data analysis Prompts (Psychology) Repeated measures design
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