2016
DOI: 10.1121/1.4971123
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Levels of prominence in Spanish infant-directed speech

Abstract: Research on Spanish prosody in adult-directed speech (ADS) (Ortega-Llebaria & Prieto 2005, Ortega-Llebaria & Prieto 2011) shows evidence for three acoustic levels of prominence: stressed and focused, stressed and unfocused, and unstressed and unfocused. We tested whether Spanish infant-directed speech (IDS) contains the same levels of prosodic prominence as ADS. In order to test this hypothesis, 30-minute play sessions between adult Spanish-speaking females of Latin American origin (n = 12) and 12-mont… Show more

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