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

Mélanie Canault
Jennifer Krzonowski
Sophie Kern

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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.

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Linguistique
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hal-02776365 , version 1 (04-06-2020)

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Mélanie Canault, Naomi Yamaguchi, Nikola Paillereau, Jennifer Krzonowski, Johanna-Pascale Roy, et al.. Syllable duration changes during babbling: a longitudinal study of French infant productions. Journal of Child Language, 2020, 47 (6), pp.1207-1227. ⟨10.1017/S030500092000015X⟩. ⟨hal-02776365⟩
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