Authors: Krista Byers-Heinlein, Angeline Tsui, Christina Bergmann, Alexis K. Black, Anna Brown, M. Julia Carbajal, Samantha Durrant, Christopher Fennell, Anne-Caroline Fievet, Michael C. Frank, Anja Gampe, Judit Gervain, Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, Kiley Hamlin, Naomi Havron, Mikołaj Hernik, Shila Kerr, Hilary Killam, Kelsey Klassen, Jessica Elizabeth Kosie, Ágnes Melinda Kovács, Casey Lew-Williams, Liquan Liu, Nivedita Mani, Caterina Marino, Meghan Mastroberardino, Victoria Mateu, claire noble, Adriel John Orena, Linda Polka, Christine Potter, Melanie Steffi Schreiner, Leher Singh, Melanie Soderstrom, Megha Sundara, Connor Waddell, Janet F. Werker, Stephanie Wermelinger

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Abstract: From the earliest months of life, infants prefer listening to and learn better from infant-directed speech (IDS) than adult-directed speech (ADS). Yet, IDS differs within communities, across languages, and across cultures, both in form and in prevalence. This large-scale, multi-site study used the diversity of bilingual infant experiences to explore the impact of different types of linguistic experience on infants’ IDS preference. As part of the multi-lab ManyBabies 1 project, we compared lab-matched samples of 333 bilingual and 385 monolingu... (read more)

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/sqh9d