Taking the 'Mother' out of 'Motherese': young infants' preference for mothers' use of infant-directed speech

Previous research on infant perception of speech has shown that infants prefer their mother's voice over the voice of an unfamiliar female. Additionally, infants show a preference for the type of speech that is normally directed towards infants, known as infant-directed (10) speech. The linguis...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berman, Sheryl H.
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45431
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063753/