早期儿童的性别发言发展:从母音和辅音声学纵向研究的证据
Eugene Wong1, Kiana Koeppe1, Margaret Cychosz2
1Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Journal of child language
|April 4, 2025
概括
3岁的孩子说话的方式反映了他们出生时被分配的性别. 语音上的声学差异,如元音和/s/发音,与儿童的感知性别有关.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 声学 声学 在声学方面
背景情况:
- 成年人对出生时被分配为男性 (AMAB) 和出生时被分配为女性 (AFAB) 的儿童的言语有不同的感知,尽管儿童声道的生物学性别差异有限.
- 以前的研究表明,成年人的言语显示出性别的清晰声学标记,但这些对儿童来说不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 使用纵向数据调查AMAB和AFAB儿童的言语声学差异.
- 确定这些声学差异是否与成年人对儿童性别的看法相关.
- 探索儿童是否故意修改他们的言语以表明性别.
主要方法:
- 从AMAB和AFAB儿童的语音样本进行了纵向声学分析.
- 测量声学参数,特别是 /s/ 和元音中的共振频率的光谱中心.
- 声学测量与成年人性别认知等级之间的相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 发现AMAB和AFAB儿童在 /s/和母音共振频率的光谱中心质中发现了显著的声学差异.
- 众所周知,这些声学参数可以在成年人的言语中区分性别.
- 3岁以下的儿童表现出与他们出生时分配的性别相关的语言模式.
结论:
- 儿童在年轻时的言语反映了他们出生时的性别,通过可测量的声学变化.
- 这些发现表明,儿童可能会自愿使用他们的语音装置来传达性别.
- 这项研究强调了儿童早期发展的性别标志性语言模式.
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