TY  - GEN
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - Poltrock, Silvana
A1  - Von Holzen, Katie
T1  - The developmental origins of the consonant bias in lexical processing
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Consonants have been proposed to carry more of the weight of lexical processing than vowels. This consonant bias has consistently been found in adults and has been proposed to facilitate early language acquisition. We explore the origins of this bias over the course of development and in infants learning different languages. Although the consonant bias was originally thought to be present at birth, evidence suggests that it arises from the early stages of phonological and (pre-)lexical acquisition. We discuss two theories that account for the acquisition of the consonant bias: the lexical and acoustic-phonetic hypotheses.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 416 
KW  - language acquisition
KW  - lexical development
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - cross-linguistic differences
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-405322
IS  - 416
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - Poltrock, Silvana
A1  - Von Holzen, Katie
T1  - The Developmental Origins of the Consonant Bias in Lexical Processing
JF  - Current directions in psychological science
N2  - Consonants have been proposed to carry more of the weight of lexical processing than vowels. This consonant bias has consistently been found in adults and has been proposed to facilitate early language acquisition. We explore the origins of this bias over the course of development and in infants learning different languages. Although the consonant bias was originally thought to be present at birth, evidence suggests that it arises from the early stages of phonological and (pre-)lexical acquisition. We discuss two theories that account for the acquisition of the consonant bias: the lexical and acoustic-phonetic hypotheses.
KW  - language acquisition
KW  - lexical development
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - cross-linguistic differences
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721416655786
SN  - 0963-7214
SN  - 1467-8721
VL  - 25
SP  - 291
EP  - 296
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -