Even at 4 months, a labial is a good enough coronal, but not vice versa

Tsuji, Sho; Mazuka, Reiko; Cristia, Alejandrina; Fikkert, Paula

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2014.10.009

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Even at 4 months, a labial is a good enough coronal, but not vice versa

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Tsuji, Sho
Center for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands;
International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL;
Language Comprehension Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Tsuji, S., Mazuka, R., Cristia, A., & Fikkert, P. (2015). Even at 4 months, a labial is a good enough coronal, but not vice versa. Cognition, 134, 252-256. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2014.10.009.

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Numerous studies have revealed an asymmetry tied to the perception of coronal place of articulation: participants accept a labial mispronunciation of a coronal target, but not vice versa. Whether or not this asymmetry is based on language-general properties or arises from language-specific experience has been a matter of debate. The current study suggests a bias of the first type by documenting an early, cross-linguistic asymmetry related to coronal place of articulation. Japanese and Dutch 4- and 6-month-old infants showed evidence of discrimination if they were habituated to a labial and then tested on a coronal sequence, but not vice versa. This finding has important implications for both phonological theories and infant speech perception research