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Biography
I am a researcher in brain sciences with a focus on developmental language processes in infants. My research delves into how young children acquire their first language and the significant role that caregiver speech plays in this early learning phase. I combine methodologies from brain sciences and behaviour analysis to explore speech perception dynamics and phonological abstraction in early childhood.
Research Interests
- First language acquisition
- Speech perception
- Phonological abstraction
- Infant directed speech
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Western Sydney University
External positions
School-based member, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
Research keywords
- First language acquisition
- Speech perception
- Phonological abstraction
- Infant directed speech
- infants
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Phonological feature abstraction before 6 months: amodal recognition of place of articulation across multiple consonants
Altuntas, E., Best, C. T., Kalashnikova, M., Götz, A. & Burnham, D., Mar 2025, In: Developmental Science. 28, 2, 11 p., e13605.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shaping linguistic input in parent-infant interactions: the influence of the Infant's temperament
Götz, A., Altuntas, E., Kalashnikova, M., Best, C. & Burnham, D., 1 Jan 2025, In: Infancy. 30, 1, 20 p., e12629.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The development of tone discrimination in infancy : evidence from a cross-linguistic, multi-lab report
Kalashnikova, M., Singh, L., Tsui, A., Altuntas, E., Burnham, D., Cannistraci, R., Chin, N. B., Feng, Y., Fernández-Merino, L., Götz, A., Gustavsson, L., Hay, J., Höhle, B., Kager, R., Lai, R., Liu, L., Marklund, E., Nazzi, T., Oliveira, D. S. & Olstad, A. M. H. & 5 others, , May 2024, In: Developmental Science. 27, 3, 21 p., e13459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An amodal study of phonological abstraction in early infancy
Altuntas, E., Best, C., Kalashnikova, M., Goetz, A. & Burnham, D., 2023, Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), August 7-11, 2023, Prague Congress Center, Czech Republic. Skarnitzl, R. & Volín, J. (eds.). U.K.: International Phonetic Association, p. 272-276 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Infant directed speech expands F1/F2 space for/i a u: but what happens to central vowels /ɜ ʊ/ in Australian English?
Goetz, A., Altuntas, E., Swinfield, N., Burnham, D. & Best, C. T., 2023, Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), August 7-11, 2023, Prague Congress Center, Czech Republic. Skarnitzl, R. & Volín, J. (eds.). U.K.: International Phonetic Association, p. 713-717 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Amodal Phonological Abstraction in Infants, Vowel Hyperarticulation in Their Mothers’ Infant-Directed Speech, and Their Relationships to Later Vocabulary Size
Altuntas, E., Best, C., Kalashnikova, M., Goetz, A. & Burnham, D., Western Sydney University, 14 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.26183/1n9d-zt96, https://research-data.westernsydney.edu.au/published/23b7bfe0006f11f0932c89d13fd01544
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Radio interview: Babies taking in information much faster than anticipate
5/02/25
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Radio Interview with Sirine Demachie on Weekend Evenings, discussing how babies acquire language and insights from our latest research
2/02/25
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The Conversation article: Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research
29/01/25
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Amodal phonological abstraction in infants, vowel acoustic features in their mothers’ infant-directed speech, and their relationships to later vocabulary size
Altuntas, E. (Author), Best, C. (Supervisor), 2024Western Sydney University thesis: Doctoral thesis
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