Pitch characteristics of real-world infant-directed speech vary with pragmatic context, perceived adult gender, and infant gender.

Children's everyday language environments can be full of rich and diverse input, especially adult speech. Prosodic modifications when adults speak to infants are observed cross-culturally and are believed to enhance infant learning and emotion. However, factors such as what and why adults are s...

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Main Authors: Emily M Neer, Anvi Brahmbhatt, Catherine R Walsh, Anne S Warlaumont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326569
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