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Universal production patterns and ambient language influences in babbling: A cross-linguistic study of Korean- and English-learning infants*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2009

SUE ANN S. LEE ,
BARBARA DAVIS  and
PETER MACNEILAGE
SUE ANN S. LEE*
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
BARBARA DAVIS
Affiliation:
University of Austin, Texas, USA
PETER MACNEILAGE
Affiliation:
University of Austin, Texas, USA
*
[*]Address for correspondence: Sue Ann S. Lee, PhD, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413USA. tel: 414-229-2838; fax: 414-229-2620; e-mail: lees59@uwm.edu
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Abstract

The phonetic characteristics of canonical babbling produced by Korean- and English-learning infants were compared with consonant and vowel frequencies observed in infant-directed speech produced by Korean- and English-speaking mothers. For infant output, babbling samples from six Korean-learning infants were compared with an existing English babbling database (Davis & MacNeilage, 1995). For ambient language comparisons, consonants and vowels in ten Korean and ten English infant-directed speech (IDS) samples were analyzed. The two infant groups demonstrated similar consonant patterns, but showed different vowel patterns from one another. For both languages, infant vowel patterns were related to those of ambient language IDS. Ambient language patterns were manifested in infant vowel output, perhaps because vowels are more perceptually and motorically available in the input and output capacities of babbling infants.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 293 - 318
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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