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Developmental psycholinguist investigating early phonological abstraction and infant directed speech using behavioural, eye-tracking, and EEG methods. Research interests include infant language development, multimodal speech perception, early word recognition, and cross-linguistic variation in language acquisition
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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
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Developmental changes in infants’ amodal phonological abstraction skills and their relationship to early vocabulary
Altuntas, E., Burnham, D., Kalashnikova, M., Götz, A. & Best, C. T., 12 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print (In Press)) In: Language Learning and Development. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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The Conversation article: Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story
17/03/26
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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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HDR Theses
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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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