Search for dissertations about: "development language infant"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words development language infant.

  2. 1. The language learning infant: Effects of speech input, vocal output, and feedback

    Author : Lisa Gustavsson; Francisco Lacerda; Roger Moore; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; human; language; language acquisition; perception; production; humanoid; development; model; embodied system; speech signal processing; vocal tract morphology; acoustic; speech input; information processing; scaling; interaction; growth; infant; imitation; feedback; perceptual salience; modeling; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the characteristics of the acoustic signal in speech, especially in speech directed to infants and in infant vocal development, to gain insight on essential aspects of speech processing, speech production and communicative interaction in early language acquisition. Three sets of experimental studies are presented in this thesis. READ MORE

  4. 2. Voicing on the borders of language

    Author : Imogen Stidworthy; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language; Voicing; Listening; Non-verbal communication; Metacinematic; Rub-up; Installation; Video art; Cinema; Image; Non-retinal image; Sound; Mirroring; Mimesis; Post-cinematic affect; Autism; Aphasia; Cross-modal sensing; Synaesthesia; Psychoanalysis; Neurology; Developmental psychology; Infant development; Intensive interaction; Speech therapy; Auditory surveillance; Forensic listening; Psychiatry;

    Abstract : My research engages with the varieties of relationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language and communication. I approach the issue through three people who live or work with non-verbal people on the autistic spectrum: Phoebe Caldwell, Fernand Deligny and Iris Johansson. READ MORE

  5. 3. Speech perception, phonological sensitivity, and articulation in early vocabulary development

    Author : Iris-Corinna Schwarz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; speech perception; phonological representation; language acquisition; early vocabulary development; lexical restructuring; Children s language; Barnspråk;

    Abstract : Speech perception, articulation, and word learning are three major tiers of language development in young children, integrating perceptual and productive language abilities. Infant speech perception precedes speech production and is the basis for native language learning. READ MORE

  6. 4. Eyes on social development : Aetiology of infant gaze patterns and links to later socio-communicative abilities and autism

    Author : Charlotte Viktorsson; Terje Falck-Ytter; Giorgia Bussu; Jukka Leppänen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social attention; social communication; face perception; twins; infant attention; autism; social uppmärksamhet; social kommunikation; ansiktsperception; tvillingstudie; autism; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Already at a very early age, infants preferentially attend to social stimuli. Although this is believed to be important for later social cognition and learning, little is known about the aetiology of infant social attention and associations to later abilities. READ MORE

  7. 5. Facilitators of communication and the development of autism : From responsiveness to basic communicative cues, to emerging pragmatic language use

    Author : Maja Rudling; Terje Falck-Ytter; Pär Nyström; Courtenay Norbury; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Communication; Auditory responsiveness; Direct gaze; Pragmatics; Pupillometry; Live eye tracking; Infant siblings; Developmental Psychology; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : When we communicate with others, we use a variety of abilities to facilitate and enable that communication. These abilities range from being responsive to others’ communicative cues to making one’s own communication more functional. Such facilitators of communication has been suggested as atypical in the development of autism. READ MORE