婴儿声乐类别的探索作为语言发展的基础
Hyunjoo Yoo1, Pumpki Lei Su2, Gordon Ramsay3,4
1Department of Communicative Disorders, College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America.
PloS one
|May 29, 2024
概括
婴儿积极探索语音声音,如叫和叫,而不是随机. 在第一年的这种声乐练习建立了语言发展和护理人员互动的基础技能.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
背景情况:
- 婴儿的发声,包括尖叫,叫和发声,对于语言发育至关重要.
- 婴儿的语音探索和类别形成是语言学习的基础.
- 现有的关于早期声乐类别形成的研究缺乏大规模的经验数据,依靠主观观察.
研究的目的:
- 提供第一个大规模的实证证据,证明声乐类别的探索和集群在婴儿的第一年.
- 调查婴儿发声的非随机模式,特别是尖叫,叫和发声.
- 支持婴儿作为声音探索和类别形成的积极参与者的概念.
主要方法:
- 使用全天家庭录音对婴儿发声的纵向观察.
- 该研究包括130名典型发育的婴儿在他们的整个生命的第一年.
- 费舍尔的精确测试被用来分析声乐类别之间的集群模式 (尖叫与发声者,声与发声者).
主要成果:
- 婴儿在第一年表现出明显的叫和叫的集群模式.
- 这些声乐类别不是随机产生的,这表明婴儿积极参与.
- 有证据支持早期发育过程中活跃的声乐探索和类别形成的假设.
结论:
- 婴儿的声音探索,特别是特定声音类型的聚类,是一个非随机的,活跃的过程.
- 这种积极的探索为发声语言的发展奠定了关键的基础.
- 研究结果强调了早期声乐行为在语音学习和社交互动中的重要性.
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