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[PUBLICATION] Syllable duration changes during babbling: a longitudinal study of French infant productions

Dates

on the May 20, 2020

Published in J Child Lang

Collaborative research project led by Prof. S. Kern (Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, UMR 5596 CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2 Institut des Sciences et Techniques de la Réadaptation, Lyon, France) in which Dr. Christophe Dos Santos participated

Syllable duration changes during babbling: a longitudinal study of French infant productions

Abstract

At the babbling stage, the syllable does not have the temporal characteristics of adult syllables because of the infant's limited oro-motor skills. This research aims to further our knowledge of syllable duration and temporal variability and their evolution with age as an indicator of the development of articulatory skills. The possible impact of syllable position, as well as that of type of intrasyllabic associations and intersyllabic articulatory changes on these parameters has also been tested. Oral productions of 22 French infants were recorded monthly from 8 to 14 months. 11 261 Consonant-Vowel (CV) syllables were annotated and temporally analyzed. The mean duration varied according to syllable position, but not to the intrasyllabic or intersyllabic articulatory changes. Moreover, the syllable duration decreased significantly from the age of 10 months onwards, whereas the temporal variability remained the same.

Keywords

#babbling #duration #oro-motor abilities #syllable

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