婴儿发声的性别差异和语言的起源
D Kimbrough Oller1,2,3, Jill Gilkerson4, Jeffrey A Richards4
1University of Memphis, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
iScience
|June 28, 2023
概括
男孩在他们的第一年产生更多的语音类似的发音 (原音) 比女孩. 这项研究分析了大量的家庭录音,证实了早期的发现,并探索了早期语言发展差异的潜在生物根源.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 语言学的语言学.
- 人类进化人类的进化.
背景情况:
- 在语言发育中的早期性别差异尚未得到充分理解.
- 之前的研究表明,男孩在第一年比女孩产生更多的原音.
- 职业活动是语言学习的基本要素.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究生命的前两年声乐活动的性别差异.
- 使用自动化方法分析更大的婴儿发声数据集.
- 探索早期基于性别的语言差异的潜在生物学基础.
主要方法:
- 自动分析婴儿在家中的全天录音.
- 男婴和女婴之间的发声模式的比较.
- 纵向数据收集涵盖了生命的前两年.
主要成果:
- 在第一年,男孩的发音 (原音) 比女孩的发音要多得多.
- 与之前的研究一致,这个更大的数据集加强了观察到的性别差异.
- 数据为推测早期声发育的生物影响提供了基础.
结论:
- 发声的性别差异出现在婴儿期的早期.
- 生物学因素可能有助于观察到早期语言相关发音的性别差异.
- 了解这些早期基础对于理解人类语言的演变至关重要.
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