SoundStart: Prosodic development before birth and in the first three years of life

Publications and talks

Publications

Chen, A., and Narasimhan, B. (2022). A proposal for research on the acquisition of prosodic focus marking in diverse languages: A response to Kidd and Garcia (2022). First Language, 42(6), 745–750. https://doi-org/10.1177/01427237221106415

Geutjes, J., Junge, C., & Chen, A. (submitted). Production of intonational phrase boundaries in Dutch.

Reshetnikova, V., Hessels, R., & Chen, A. (under revision for resubmission) Variation in gestural input related to prosodic phrasing  in infant-directed interaction. Language and Cognition.

van Niekerk, E. A., Junge, C., & Chen, A. (2023). The influence of prenatal language exposure on the melody of newborn vocalisations: A systematic review. Open Science Forum. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XKWYR

Conference presentations

Chen, A. (upcoming). A new approach to the learning of tonal categories in tone and non-tone languages. The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), 18-21 Nov 2023, Singapore

Geutjes, J., Junge, C., & Chen, A. (2023). Production of prosodic phrase boundaries in Dutch. Poster presented at the Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2023, June 3, Nijmegen.

Leliveld, I., Geutejs, J., Junge, C., & Chen, A. (2023). Comparing the prosody of infant-directed and adult-directed speech: How do ADS and IDS differ in the marking of intonational phrase boundaries? Many Paths to Language Acquisition, Nijmegen, Netherlands, October 25-27, 2023. https://www.mpi.nl/events/many-paths-language-mpal-2023

Reshetnikova, V., Hessels, R., & Chen, A. (2023). Variation in gestural input related to prosodic phrasing in infant-directed interactions. Paper presented at the 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium, April 28, Barcelona.

Reshetnikova, V., Hessels, R., & Chen, A. (2023). Combining Manual and Automated Gesture Annotation: a Case Study. Poster presented at Gesture in Interaction Conference, Nijmegen, 13-15 September, 2023.

van Niekerk, E. A., Junge, C., & Chen, A. (2023). The role of pitch contour shape in expressing social purpose in infant babbling. Many Paths to Language Acquisition, Nijmegen, Netherlands, October 25-27, 2023. https://www.mpi.nl/events/many-paths-language-mpal-2023