Laing, Catherine  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-2655
2014.
Phonological 'wildness' in early language development: exploring the role of onomatopoeia.
Presented at: PARLAY 2013: 1st Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York Conference,
York, UK,
6 September 2013.
Proceedings of the first Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York (PARLAY 2013).
York Papers in Linguistics.
York Papers in Linguistics
York:
Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York,
pp. 48-63.
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Abstract
This study uses eye-tracking to single out the role of ‘wild’ onomatopoeia in language development, as described by Rhodes (1994). Wildness–whereby extra-phonetic features are used in order to reproduce non-human sounds–is thought here to facilitate infants’ understanding of onomatopoeic word forms, providing a salient cue for segmentation and understanding in the input. Infants heard onomatopoeic forms produced in familiar and unfamiliar languages, presented in a phonologically ‘wild’ (W) or ‘tame’ (T) manner. W forms in both familiar and unfamiliar languages were hypothesised to elicit longer looking times than T forms in both familiar and unfamiliar languages. Results reflect the role that onomatopoeia play in early language development: wildness was not found to be a factor in infants’ understanding of word forms, while reduplication and production knowledge of specific stimuli generated consistent responses across participants.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy |
| Publisher: | Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York |
| ISSN: | 1758-0315 |
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| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 28 November 2017 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2022 09:58 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/106573 |
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