Science · 1992 · 2.1K citations · 15 references
Language StudiesLinguisticsPsychologyDevelopmental PsychologyLanguage AcquisitionPhoneticsEarly Language DevelopmentInfancy DevelopmentInfant DevelopmentLanguage ExposureLanguage InputSpeech PerceptionCritical Period EffectsCritical Period TimingEarly Childhood Language ExposureEarly Phonological DevelopmentInfant Auditory MaturationInfant PerceptionSpeech Perception Development
Linguistic experience affects phonetic perception. However, the critical period during which experience affects perception and the mechanism responsible for these effects are unknown. This study of 6-month-old infants from two countries, the United States and Sweden, shows that exposure to a specific language in the first half year of life alters infants' phonetic perception.
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