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Cross-language word segmentation by 9-month-olds.

D M Houston1, P W Jusczyk, C Kuijpers

  • 1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|November 18, 2000
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English-learning infants can segment Dutch words from fluent speech, similar to Dutch-learning infants. This cross-language word segmentation may be aided by shared rhythmic structures in both languages.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Infants' ability to segment words from fluent speech is crucial for language acquisition.
  • The role of prosody, specifically stress patterns, in word segmentation is a key area of research.
  • Understanding cross-language perception in infants can shed light on universal and language-specific aspects of language development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether English-learning infants can segment Dutch words from fluent Dutch speech.
  • To compare the word segmentation abilities of Dutch-learning and English-learning infants in Dutch.
  • To explore the potential influence of cross-linguistic prosodic similarities on word segmentation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Headturn Preference Procedure (HPP) with 9-month-old infants.

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  • Infants were familiarized with specific Dutch word pairs.
  • Tested infants on passages containing familiarized words versus control passages.

    • Main Results:

    • Both Dutch-learning and English-learning infants demonstrated equivalent ability to segment familiarized Dutch words from fluent speech.
    • English-learning infants successfully extracted target words from Dutch passages, despite phonetic differences.
    • The findings suggest a robust capacity for word segmentation that transcends language-specific phonetic input.

    Conclusions:

    • 9-month-old English-learning infants possess the ability to segment words from a phonetically distinct language (Dutch).
    • This cross-language segmentation ability suggests that infants may leverage general prosodic cues, such as stress patterns, common to both Dutch and English.
    • The findings highlight the flexibility of early language learning mechanisms and the potential role of universal prosodic structures.