Linguistic experience and infant speech perception: a reply to Jusczyk, Shea & Aslin (1984)

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Eilers ◽  
D. Kimbrough Oller ◽  
Dale H. Bull ◽  
William J. Gavin
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Linguistic Experience ◽  
Infant Speech Perception ◽  
Infant Speech

Cross-linguistic perception in infancy: early effects of linguistic experience

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Eilers ◽  
William J. Gavin ◽  
D. Kimbrough Oller
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Early Experience ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Linguistic Experience ◽  
Speech Stimuli ◽  
Infant Speech Perception ◽  
Infant Speech ◽  
Early Effects

ABSTRACTThe possibility that early linguistic experience affects infant speech perception was investigated in a cross-linguistic study with naturally produced speech stimuli. Using the Visually Reinforced Infant Speech Discrimination paradigm, three contrasts were presented to Spanish-and English-learning infants 6–8 months of age. Both groups of infants showed statistically significant discrimination of two contrasts, English and Czech. Only the Spanish-learning infants provided evidence of discrimination of the Spanish contrast. The groups discriminated the English contrast at similarly high levels, but the Spanish-learning infants showed significantly higher performance than the English on both the Spanish and the Czech contrast. The results indicate that early experience does affect early discrimination, and further (since the stimuli were natural) that the effect may be of practical consequence in language learning.

Effects of acoustic variability on infant speech perception

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Archer ◽  
Suzanne Curtin ◽  
Linda Polka
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Acoustic Variability ◽  
Infant Speech Perception ◽  
Infant Speech

Fricative Discrimination in Early Infancy

1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Eilers ◽  
Fred D. Minifie
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Early Infancy ◽  
Natural Stimuli ◽  
Infant Speech Perception ◽  
Infant Speech

In three separate experiments using controlled natural stimuli and a high-amplitude sucking paradigm, infants' ability to detect differences between /s/ and /v/, /s/ and /∫/, and /s/ and /z/, respectively, was investigated. Evidence for discrimination was obtained for /s/ versus /v/ and /s/ versus /∫/ but not for /s/ versus /z/. Implications for a theory of infant speech perception are discussed.

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