@Article{Turk1995,
  author   = {A. E. Turk and P. W. Jusczyk and L. Gerken},
  journal  = {Lang Speech},
  title    = {Do {E}nglish-learning infants use syllable weight to determine stress?},
  year     = {1995},
  pages    = {143-58},
  volume   = {38 ( Pt 2)},
  abstract = {A linguistic factor governing the assignment of English lexical stress
	is syllable weight. Heavy syllables which have either a long (tense)
	vowel or are closed with a consonant are heavy and automatically
	bear stress. Are infants sensitive to this aspect of the English
	stress system? Previous research by Jusczyk, Cutler, and Redanz (1993)
	showed that nine-month-olds listened longer to words exhibiting Strong-Weak
	than Weak-Strong stress pattern. However, they did not investigate
	the role of syllable weight in this preference. A series of three
	experiments explored infants' preference for Strong-Weak versus Weak-Strong
	lists, but systematically manipulated the syllable weight of Strong
	syllables. The results suggest that syllable weight is not a necessary
	component of the Strong-Weak preference observed in previous studies.
	Rather it appears that infants prefer both words that begin with
	a Strong syllable and Strong syllables that are heavy. Thus, the
	results suggest that sensitivity to surface linguistic patterns and
	the principles that underlie them may be independent in early language
	acquisition.},
  keywords = {Child Language, Female, Humans, Infant, Language Development, Male, Speech Discrimination Tests, Speech Perception, Verbal Learning, 8867758},
}

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