The incidence of raised average pitch and increased pitch variability in British `motherese' speech and the influence of maternal occupation and discourse form  

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Wheldall, Kevin ; Shute, Brenda

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 15 no. 43 (1995), page 35-56.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/FIL/15 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The 'motherese' register (adults' speech to children) is said to be characterized by high vocal pitch compared with speech to other adults, but this assertion is largely based on studies of American English-speaking mothers. In the present study, sixteen British mothers were recorded interacting with their children aged one to three years and with another adult. These interactions included both a reading aloud and a free speech condition. Half the mothers were professionally trained in child care. Analyses of the audiotapes revealed that this sample of British mothers did, as a group, show significantly higher average vocal pitch as indicated by fundamental frequency (Fo), greater pitch variability and slower rate of speech when addressing their own child compared with addressing another adult. This was true for both the free speech and reading aloud conditions for at least one of the measures of average Fo. Mothers varied considerably, however, in the extent of their motherese modifications, some even lowering their pitch when reading aloud to their children. The motherese modifications were significantly larger for conversational speech than for reading aloud and those mothers who were professionally tramed in child care raised their pitch significantly more than nontramed mothers when reading aloud to their children.

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