Table 3: Language-specific patterns (in percentage) in the frequency of word shapes, syllable types and stress patterns, for child speech (CS), child directed speech (CDS) and adult directed speech (ADS) compared to the EP-CDI SFs. Sources: for CS, Vigário et al. (2006) for word shapes, Correia (2010) for stress patterns, FrePoP child speech sample from 1;0 – 3;0 (~70,000 words) for complex syllables; for CDS, CDS-EP; for ADS, FrePoP spontaneous speech sample ~500,000 words). |
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Word format % | 1s | 2s | ≥3s | Complex Syllables* |
Penult. stress |
Final stress |
Antep. stress |
CS | 28 | 47 | 21 | 13 | 41 | 26 | 0,9 |
CDS | 41 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 18 | 0,4 |
ADS | 26 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 56 | 16 | 2 |
EP-CDI SFI | 19 | 61 | 20 | 15 | 61 | 19 | 1 |
EP-CDI SFII | 20 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 63 | 14 | 4 |
*Syllables that have a complex onset and/or a complex coda. |