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Temporal cues to onset voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children

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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
卷 149, 期 1, 页码 348-356

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ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1121/10.0003060

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  1. Macquarie University [2013225]
  2. Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship [FL130100014]
  3. ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders [CE110001021]

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The study examined voicing contrasts in word-initial stops produced by Australian English-speaking children aged 4-5. Results showed that while the children could distinguish between voiced and voiceless stops, their voice onset time and closure duration were different from those of adults, indicating that children of this age are still developing appropriate timing and articulatory adjustments for voicing contrasts.
Voicing contrasts are lexically important for differentiating words in many languages (e.g., bear vs pear). Temporal differences in the voice onset time (VOT) and closure duration (CD) contribute to the voicing contrast in word-onset position. However, little is known about the acoustic realization of these voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children. This is essential for understanding the challenges faced by those with language delay. Therefore, the present study examined the VOT and CD values for word-initial stops as produced by 20 Australian English-speaking 4-5-year-olds. As anticipated, these children produced a systematic distinction between voiced and voiceless stops at all places of articulation (PoAs). However, although the children's VOT values for voiced stops were similar to those of adults, their VOTs for voiceless stops were longer. Like adults, the children also had different CD values for voiced and voiceless categories; however, these were systematically longer than those of adults. Even after adjusting for temporal differences by computing proportional ratios for the VOT and CD, children's voicing contrasts were not yet adultlike. These results suggest that children of this age are still developing appropriate timing and articulatory adjustments for voicing contrasts in the word-initial position.

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