Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Speech to infants as hyperspeech: knowledge-driven processes in early word recognition.

A Fernald1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. fernald@psych.stanford.edu

Phonetica
|September 19, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Infants use contextual cues to understand speech, even with limited language knowledge. Adult speech modifications, like repetition, aid infant comprehension by enhancing predictability.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Therapeutic advances of new fluoroquinolones.

Expert opinion on investigational drugs·2005
Same author

When half a word is enough: infants can recognize spoken words using partial phonetic information.

Child development·2001
Same author

Continuous processing in word recognition at 24 months.

Cognition·1999
Same author

Infants' responses to facial and vocal emotional signals in a social referencing paradigm.

Child development·1996
Same author

Assignment of SLC6A9 to human chromosome band 1p33 by in situ hybridization.

Cytogenetics and cell genetics·1995
Same author

Common themes and cultural variations in Japanese and American mothers' speech to infants.

Child development·1993

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Speech Perception

Background:

  • Word intelligibility relies on clarity and contextual information.
  • Infants begin using context for speech processing early in development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how infants utilize contextual information for speech comprehension.
  • To examine the role of adult speech modifications in facilitating infant language learning.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of adult-infant interactions and speech patterns.
  • Review of existing literature on infant speech perception and language acquisition.

Main Results:

  • Infants leverage linguistic and nonlinguistic context for speech processing.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Adults adapt speech (e.g., repetition, focus) to aid infant understanding.
  • Infant-directed speech enhances comprehension through contextual support, not phonetic changes.

    • Conclusions:

    • Contextual information is crucial for early speech intelligibility in infants.
    • Adults play a key role in scaffolding infant language development through modified speech.
    • Infant-directed speech acts as 'hyperspeech,' optimizing comprehension via accessible perceptual cues.