Description of maternal speech characteristics addressed to infants of third and sixth months and adults was made. As a result of instrumental analysis of stressed vowel sounds of maternal speech there were found differences in the time-value and frequencies of vowel sounds in the speech addressed to infants and adults. Dynamics of maternal speech parameters was traced. The outspread of vocalic-speech communicative sphere of mother before infant's six months was shown. It is concluded that maternal speech has educative function and acoustic characteristics of maternal speech addressed to infants are universal.

Translated title of the contributionSome characteristics of maternal speech addressed to three- and six-month-old infants
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)55-64
Number of pages10
JournalПсихологический журнал
Volume23
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2002

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  • Psychology(all)

    Research areas

  • Key word, Maternal speech addressed to infants and adults, Vowel sound

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