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Entrainment of prosody in the interaction of mothers with their young children

Topic:

NA

Authors:

Ko, Seidl, Cristia, Reimchen, Soderstrom

Journal/Publication:

Journal of Child Language

Year:

2016
Participant Age Range:
12 –
30 months

Sample Size:

13

Participant Language:

English

Abstract:

Caregiver speech is not a static collection of utterances, but occurs in CONVERSATIONAL EXCHANGES, in which caregiver and child dynamically influence each other’s speech. We investigate (a) whether children and caregivers modulate the prosody of their spe