1995
Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants.
Whalen D, Levitt A, Hsiao P, Smorodinsky I. Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 2533-9. PMID: 7714271, DOI: 10.1121/1.411973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*
Whalen D, Levitt A, Wang Q. Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*. Journal Of Child Language 1991, 18: 501-516. PMID: 1761611, DOI: 10.1017/s0305000900011223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntonational differencesEnglish-learning infantsEnglish learningFrench learningPrelinguistic babblingTarget languageFalling intonationLanguage environmentReduplicated babblingF0 patternsLanguage groupsEnglish childrenFrench childrenLanguageUtterancesExpert listenersBabblingPerceptual assessmentFundamental frequencyIntonationSyllablesListenersFall categoriesFrenchCategories