Abstract
There has been substantial progress in understanding the production of individual speech sounds. Much less is known about prosodic aspects of speech
production. Lexical stress is the prosodic contrast between strong and weak syllables within single words (compare ‘INcense’ with ‘inCENSE’ in
English). The ability to achieve stress contrastivity during speech production shows a protracted developmental trajectory in healthy children and can be atypical in some individuals within certain populations (e.g., autism spectrum disorders). Almost all previous research in this area has examined speakers of English. One important gap in our understanding is whether lexical stress production seen in typically developing children is similar across languages. Here we provide new data regarding lexical stress production in typically developing Italian children (3-5 years), and a comparison with published data from English speaking children.
production. Lexical stress is the prosodic contrast between strong and weak syllables within single words (compare ‘INcense’ with ‘inCENSE’ in
English). The ability to achieve stress contrastivity during speech production shows a protracted developmental trajectory in healthy children and can be atypical in some individuals within certain populations (e.g., autism spectrum disorders). Almost all previous research in this area has examined speakers of English. One important gap in our understanding is whether lexical stress production seen in typically developing children is similar across languages. Here we provide new data regarding lexical stress production in typically developing Italian children (3-5 years), and a comparison with published data from English speaking children.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
Place of Publication | Glasgow, UK |
Publisher | University of Glasgow |
Pages | 1-4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780852619414 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → 14 Aug 2015 Conference number: 18th https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs/icphs2015 |
Conference
Conference | 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
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Abbreviated title | ICPhS 2015 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Glasgow |
Period | 10/08/15 → 14/08/15 |
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Keywords
- Speech production
- Lexical stress
- Prosody
- Acoustic
- Pairwise variability index PVI