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Phonological specificity in children at 1;2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

KATE D. BALLEM  and
KIM PLUNKETT
KATE D. BALLEM
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
KIM PLUNKETT
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
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Abstract

The specificity of infants' phonological representations is examined by comparing their sensitivity to mispronunciations of novel and familiar words, using the preferential looking task. 29 children at 1;2 were trained and tested on familiar and novel word–object pairs. Children showed evidence of sensitivity to mispronunciations of novel and familiar words, indicating detailed phonological representations. Discrepancies between this study and earlier investigations are discussed with reference to differences between habituation and preferential looking tasks.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 159 - 173
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This research was supported by a scholarship from the Rhodes Trust to Kate Ballem. The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this paper.