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SUMMARY:Caregivers of adolescents living with Down syndrome use infant-dir
 ected speech during a rule-based joint game - Juan Pablo Robledo (Universi
 ty of Lorraine)
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nMembers of virtually all known societies intuiti
 vely change the quality of their interaction when addressing infants\, a p
 henomenon known as Infant-Directed Speech (a.k.a. “motherese”\, “bab
 ytalk”). Infant-Directed Speech is used beyond infancy\, directed at fri
 ends\, romantic partners\, older adults\, and people with disabilities.  B
 y this token\, it can also convey a depreciatory message signaling the pow
 erlessness of the addressee\, becoming a form of infantilizing speech. The
  present project sought to replicate two canonical studies: a field study 
 collecting speech samples addressed at adolescents (13-17 years old) with 
 Down syndrome by their caregivers (n = 39 dyads) with which to conduct a s
 econd\, confirmatory judgment study (n = 60). Results robustly revealed th
 at\, 11% of the times they addressed the adolescents\, caregivers used inf
 ant-directed speech – literally\, in both acoustic (f0 mean\, variance\,
  min and max) and perceptual (subjective) terms. Results also link Infant-
 Directed Speech use rate and level of prosodic exaggeration to the adolesc
 ents’ health history\, as well as to caregivers’ beliefs concerning th
 e adolescents’ potential. Concrete hypotheses are presented to explore t
 o which extent said use of IDS comprises an appropriate accommodation to t
 he addressee or a form of infantilizing communication. \n\n*Biography*\n\n
 Juan-Pablo Robledo undertook both piano and psychology studies at Pontific
 ia Universidad Católica in his natal Chile. In 2015 he obtained an MPhil 
 at the Centre for Music and Science and his PhD in 2019\, both under the g
 uidance of professor Ian Cross. He’s currently an associate professor at
  Université de Lorraine\, France\, and a Young Researcher at the Milleniu
 m Institute for Care Research\, Chile. \n\n*Zoom link*\n\nhttps://zoom.us/
 j/99433440421?pwd=ZWxCQXFZclRtbjNXa0s2K1Q2REVPZz09 (Meeting ID: 994 3344 0
 421\; Passcode: 714277)
LOCATION:CMS computer room\, Faculty of Music (11 West Road\, Cambridge\, 
 CB3 9DP)
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