Voice Onset Time in Infant-directed Speech at Two Ages

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dc.contributor.advisorBernstein Ratner, Nanen_US
dc.contributor.authorSynnestvedt, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHearing and Speech Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T05:47:09Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T05:47:09Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies have reported differences between infant-directed speech (IDS) and adult-directed speech (ADS), suggesting that mothers adjust speech to their infants in ways that may help children process the incoming acoustical signal. One aspect of IDS that has been examined is clarification of voice onset time (VOT). Results have been inconsistent and many studies only report differences in VOT values rather than differences in amount of overlap between voiced and voiceless items. The present study examines 15 mothers' VOT in IDS at 7.5 months old and again at 11 months as compared to their VOT values in ADS. Words with initial stop consonants that occurred in IDS and ADS conditions were analyzed using PRAAT. Contrary to hypotheses, results show that VOT in IDS was less differentiated than VOT in ADS. Additionally, voiced items had significantly longer VOT in IDS than ADS, with no difference for voiceless items. Possible explanations are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10834
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBehavioral Sciencesen_US
dc.titleVoice Onset Time in Infant-directed Speech at Two Agesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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