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Vocalic intrusions in consonant clusters in child-directed vs. adult-directed speech
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In this paper, we investigate a prosodic-phonetic feature in child-directed speech within a dynamic, complex, interactive theoretical framework. We focus on vocalic intrusions, commonly occurring in Norwegian word initial consonant clusters. We analysed child-directed speech from nine Norwegian-speaking mothers to their children, aged 2;6, 4, and 6 years, and compared the incidence and duration of vocalic intrusions in initial consonant clusters in these data with those in adult-directed speech and child speech. When viewed overall, vocalic intrusion was found to be similar in incidence in child- and adult-directed speech. However, closer examination revealed differential behaviour in child-directed speech for certain conditions. Firstly, a difference emerged for one particular phonetic context: While vocalic intrusions in /Cr/ clusters are frequent in adult-directed speech, their presence is near-categorical in child-directed speech. Secondly, we found that the duration of vocalic intrusions was longer in child- than in adult-directed speech, but only when directed to 2;6-year-olds. We argue that vocalic intrusions in child-directed speech may have both a bonding as well as a didactic function, and that these may vary according to the age of the child being addressed.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688002
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- https://ror.org/0302b4677
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- SG122210
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Psychology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 12
- Article number:
- 688002
- Publication date:
- 2021-07-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-06-15
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1664-1078
- Pmid:
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34349704
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English
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1190437
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pubs:1190437
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- Copyright © 2021 Garmann, Hansen, Simonsen, Holm, Tengesdal, Post and Payne. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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