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Language experienced <i>in utero</i> affects vowel perception after birth: a two‐country study
Acta Paediatrica · 2012 · Vol. 102(2) · pp. 156–160
Christine Moon✉(Pacific Lutheran University)Hugo Lagercrantz(Karolinska Institutet)Patricia K. Kuhl(Allen Institute for Brain Science)
Abstract
The ambient language to which foetuses are exposed in the womb starts to affect their perception of their native language at a phonetic level. This can be measured shortly after birth by differences in responding to familiar vs. unfamiliar vowels.
Phonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage Development and DisordersHearing Loss and RehabilitationPacifierVowelFirst languageAffect (linguistics)PerceptionAudiologyMedicineLanguage acquisitionSpeech perceptionLanguage development
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FemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLanguage DevelopmentPhoneticsPregnancySpeech PerceptionSwedenUnited StatesInfant BehaviorFetal Development
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- National Institutes of Health
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Correlates of linguistic rhythm in the speech signal
Cognition · 1999 · 1,189 citations
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