How bilingualism alters non-tone-learning infants' tone perception in the first year of life

Liquan Liu; René Kager

How bilingualism alters non-tone-learning infants' tone perception in the first year of life

Liquan Liu, René Kager

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Infants’ perceptual sensitivity changes during the second half of the first year of life from distinguishing virtually all speech contrasts to tuning in to the native phonemic inventory, a process known as perceptual reorganization (PR). During this process, infants maintain and improve their ability to perceive the relevant contrasts for the native language and more importantly, their sensitivity to most non-native contrasts deteriorates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	BUCLD 37: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2-4 November 2012, Boston, MA
Publisher	Cascadilla Press
Pages	231-240
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781574730852
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Boston University Conference on Language Development - Duration: 7 Nov 2014 → …

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Conference	Boston University Conference on Language Development
Period	7/11/14 → …

Keywords

bilingualism
infants
tone (phonetics)

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How bilingualism alters non-tone-learning infants' tone perception in the first year of life. / Liu, Liquan; Kager, René.
BUCLD 37: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2-4 November 2012, Boston, MA. Cascadilla Press, 2013. p. 231-240.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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How bilingualism alters non-tone-learning infants' tone perception in the first year of life

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