Research project Learning First Words (L3WO)
This project investigates the effect of hyperarticulation on infant word-recognition, word-segmentation and word-learning (L3WO)
The purpose of this project is to experimentally test the impact of hyperarticulation in infant-directed speech, that is, exaggerated articulation, on three core components of infant word acquisition, that is, learning a novel word.
The three components are
- word-recognition, that is, recognizing and understanding the meaning of a word
- word-segmentation, that is, extracting words from a continuous speech stream
- word-learning, that is, learning to associate a word with an object or action.
The project outcomes both contribute to the knowledge about the language learning process, and can be used in a wide range of other research fields, such as communication technology, early education and speech and language pathology.
Project members
Project managers
Lisa Gustavsson
Associate Professor
Members
Iris-Corinna Schwarz
Docent, studierektor
Ellen Marklund
Docent
Elisabet Cortes
PhD Student, Research Assistant
Klara Marklund Hjerpe
Research assistant
Petter Kallioinen
PhD Student (guest), Research assistant
More about this project
This project is funded by the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (2021.0089).