Children’s Decoding of Context Specific Prosody in Four Languages

Poster Session IX

Keyword: Communication

Abstract: This study examined whether 3- to 5-year-olds can distinguish between a success and a failure event by relying on prosody. Results showed that 3- to 5-year-olds can use context specific prosody to interpret a categorical meaning (success, failure), and the ability to interpret prosody appears independent from word meaning comprehension.

• Weiyi Ma (Presenting Author)
• Agnes Amfo-Adu (Author)
• Mauricio Villasenor (Author)
• Lila Mays (Author)
• Audrey Kim (Author)