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Deriving speech from nonspeech: a view from ontogeny.

P F MacNeilage1, B L Davis

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA.

Phonetica
|September 19, 2000
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Speech production involves three fundamental movement patterns. These patterns, observed in babbling and language, stem from oral movement capabilities and self-organization for cognitive-action interfacing.

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Speech Science
  • Developmental Biology

Background:

  • Early speech and babbling exhibit distinct patterns.
  • Language acquisition involves complex motor control.
  • Pre-linguistic oral movements may influence speech development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify basic movement patterns in speech and language.
  • To investigate the origins of these patterns in oral motor capabilities.
  • To explore the role of self-organization in speech pattern development.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of babbling, early speech, and protolanguage corpora.
  • Identification of consonant-vowel co-occurrence patterns.
  • Examination of mandibular oscillation cycles.

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Main Results:

  • Three primary movement patterns identified: a 'Frame' (mandibular oscillation), intracyclical CV patterns (coronal-front, dorsal-back), and an intercyclical LC sequence preference.
  • The 'Frame' and intracyclical patterns appear rooted in pre-speech oral movements.
  • The LC sequence preference emerged from cognitive-action interfacing.

Conclusions:

  • Speech movement patterns have origins in both pre-linguistic oral capabilities and self-organizational principles.
  • Mandibular oscillation and biomechanical constraints likely shaped early speech patterns.
  • Speech development integrates innate motor predispositions with cognitive demands.