The aim of the present work was a cross-linguistic generalization of Inoue et al.'s (2011) algorithm for discriminating infant- (IDS) vs. adult-directed speech (ADS). IDS is the way in which mothers communicate with infants; it is a universal communicative property, with some cross-linguistic differences. Inoue et al. (2011) implemented a machine algorithm that, by using a mel-frequency cepstral coefficient and a hidden Markov model, discriminated IDS from ADS in Japanese. We applied the original algorithm to two other languages that are very different from Japanese - Italian and German - and then tested the algorithm on Italian and German databases of IDS and ADS. Our results showed that: First, in accord with the extant literature, IDS is realized in a similar way across languages; second, the algorithm performed well in both languages and close to that reported for Japanese. The implications for the algorithm are discussed.

Discriminating between mothers' infant- and adult-directed speech: cross-linguistic generalizability from Japanese to Italian and German / Sulpizio, Simone; Kuroda, Kaori; Dalsasso, Matteo; Asakawa, Tetsuya; Bornstein, Marc H; Doi, Hirokazu; Esposito, Gianluca; Shinohara, Kazuyuki. - In: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0168-0102. - 2018:133(2017), pp. 21-27. [10.1016/j.neures.2017.10.008]

Discriminating between mothers' infant- and adult-directed speech: cross-linguistic generalizability from Japanese to Italian and German

Sulpizio, Simone;Esposito, Gianluca;
2017-01-01

Abstract

The aim of the present work was a cross-linguistic generalization of Inoue et al.'s (2011) algorithm for discriminating infant- (IDS) vs. adult-directed speech (ADS). IDS is the way in which mothers communicate with infants; it is a universal communicative property, with some cross-linguistic differences. Inoue et al. (2011) implemented a machine algorithm that, by using a mel-frequency cepstral coefficient and a hidden Markov model, discriminated IDS from ADS in Japanese. We applied the original algorithm to two other languages that are very different from Japanese - Italian and German - and then tested the algorithm on Italian and German databases of IDS and ADS. Our results showed that: First, in accord with the extant literature, IDS is realized in a similar way across languages; second, the algorithm performed well in both languages and close to that reported for Japanese. The implications for the algorithm are discussed.
2017
133
Sulpizio, Simone; Kuroda, Kaori; Dalsasso, Matteo; Asakawa, Tetsuya; Bornstein, Marc H; Doi, Hirokazu; Esposito, Gianluca; Shinohara, Kazuyuki...espandi
Discriminating between mothers' infant- and adult-directed speech: cross-linguistic generalizability from Japanese to Italian and German / Sulpizio, Simone; Kuroda, Kaori; Dalsasso, Matteo; Asakawa, Tetsuya; Bornstein, Marc H; Doi, Hirokazu; Esposito, Gianluca; Shinohara, Kazuyuki. - In: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0168-0102. - 2018:133(2017), pp. 21-27. [10.1016/j.neures.2017.10.008]
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