Preschoolers' appreciation of speaker vocal affect as a cue to referential intent

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dc.contributor.authorBerman, Jared M. J.
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Craig G.
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T23:11:26Z
dc.date.available2020-04-20T23:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.description.abstractAn eye-tracking methodology was used to evaluate 3- and 4-year-old children's sensitivity to speaker affect when resolving referential ambiguity. Children were presented with pictures of three objects on a screen (including two referents of the same kind, e.g., an intact doll and a broken doll, and one distracter item), paired with a prerecorded referentially ambiguous instruction (e.g., "Look at the doll"). The intonation of the instruction varied in terms of the speaker's vocal affect: positive-sounding, negative-sounding, or neutral. Analyses of eye gaze patterns indicated that 4-year-olds, but not 3-year-olds, were more likely to look to the referent whose state matched the speaker's vocal affect as the noun was heard (e.g., looked more often to the broken doll referent in the negative affect condition). These findings indicate that 4-year-olds can use speaker affect to help identify referential mappings during on-line comprehension.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerman, J. M. J., Chambers, C. G., & Graham, S. A. (2010). Preschoolers' appreciation of speaker vocal affect as a cue to referential intent. "Journal of Experimental Child Psychology", 107 (2010). 87-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.012en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111821
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier : Journal of Experimental Child Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Torontoen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.titlePreschoolers' appreciation of speaker vocal affect as a cue to referential intenten_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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