Infants' sensitivity to lexical tone and stress in early speech perception
In this study, we look at what cues help babies tell the difference between their native language and a different language. Specifically, we compare babies who learn English, a language that only uses consonants and vowels to distinguish word meaning, and Thai, a language that also uses tones to distinguish word meaning.
Researchers
Dr Marina Kalashnikova (opens in a new window)
Professor Denis Burnham (opens in a new window)
Dr Benjawan Kasisopa (opens in a new window)
Hana Zjakic (opens in a new window)
Partner / Funding Body
Human Research Ethics Committee Approval Number: H11517
For more information or to register your interest, please contact:
| Name | Benjawan Kasisopa |
| B.Kasisopa@westernsydney.edu.au | |
| Phone | +61 2 9772 6276 |
Research
- Contingency in infant-directed speech: Neurophysiological and psycho-social responses in pre-linguistic infants
- Culture - Affect
- Effect of Postnatal Depression on Parent-Child Communication
- First Sounds and First Steps
- Functioning Listening Index (FLI)
- Many Babies
- Mummy, why does that lady talk funny?
- Optimising Infant Directed Speech
- Seeds of language development
- Speech adaptation: Neural mechanisms and stimulus information
- Speech Registers
- The role of properties of infant-directed speech on early word learning
- Visual Speech Benefit in Auditory-Visual Speech Perception: Infants, Children, Hearing Impairment
- Digital Infant Directed Speech (DIDS)
- Infants' sensitivity to lexical tone and stress in early speech perception
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