English-Learning Infants’ Developing Sensitivity to Intonation Contours

In four experiments, we investigated when and how English-learning infants perceive intonation contours that signal prosodic units. Using visual habituation, we probed infants’ ability to discriminate disyllabic sequences with a fall versus a rise in pitch on the final syllable, a salient cue used t...

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Main Authors: Megha Sundara, Sónia Frota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/7/148
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