Cross-linguistic comparison of utterance shapes in Korean- and English-learning children: An ambient language effect

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dc.contributor.authorHa, Seunghee
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Cynthia J.
dc.contributor.authorOller, Kimbrough D.
dc.contributor.authorYoo, Hyunjoo
dc.contributor.otherHallym University
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Memphis
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T20:45:42Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T20:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis study compared vocal development in Koreanand English-learning infants and examined ambient-language effects focusing on predominant utterance shapes. Vocalization samples were obtained from 14 Korean-learning children and 14 English-learning children, who ranged in age from 9 to 21 months, in monolingual environments using day-long audio recordings. The analyzers, who were blind to participants' demographic information, identified utterance shapes to determine functional vocal repertoires through naturalistic listening simulating the caregiver's natural mode of listening. The results showed no cross-linguistic differences in the amount of vocal output or the proportion of canonical syllables. However, the infants from the two language backgrounds showed differences regarding the predominant canonical utterance shapes. The percentage of VCV utterances in Korean-learning children was higher than in English-learning children while CV syllables predominated in the English-learning children. We speculate that the difference between the predominant utterance shapes of Koreanand English-learning children could be associated with differences in early lexical items typically acquired in the two language groups.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationHa, S., Johnson, C. J., Oller, K. D., & Yoo, H. (2021). Cross-linguistic comparison of utterance shapes in Korean- and English-learning children: An ambient language effect. In Infant Behavior and Development (Vol. 62, p. 101528). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101528
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101528
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-3720
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11819
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectUtterance shapes
dc.subjectCanonical babbling
dc.subjectAmbient language
dc.subjectCross-linguistic
dc.subjectSPEECH-PERCEPTION
dc.subjectVOCAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL FEEDBACK
dc.subjectHUMAN INFANTS
dc.subjectVOCALIZATIONS
dc.subjectPsychology, Developmental
dc.titleCross-linguistic comparison of utterance shapes in Korean- and English-learning children: An ambient language effecten_US
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