This paper provides a selective overview of some of the research that has followed from the publication of Werker and Tees (1984a) “Cross-language speech perception: Evidence for Perceptual Reorganization During the First Year of Life.” Specifically, I briefly present the original finding, our interpretation of its meaning, and some key replications and extensions. I then review some of the work that has followed, including work with different kinds of populations, different kinds of speech sound contrasts, as well as attunement (perceptual reorganization) to additional properties of language beyond phonetic contrasts. Included is the body of work that queries whether perceptual attunement is a critical period phenomenon. Potential learning mechanisms for how experience functions to guide phonetic perceptual development are also presented, as is work on the relation between speech perception and word learning.

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生命第一年的语音知觉重组：回顾

本文选择性地概述了 Werker 和 Tees (1984a) 发表的《跨语言言语感知：生命第一年感知重组的证据》之后的一些研究。具体来说，我简要介绍了最初的发现、我们对其含义的解释以及一些关键的复制和扩展。然后，我回顾了随后的一些工作，包括对不同类型人群的研究、不同类型的语音对比，以及对语音对比之外的语言其他属性的协调（感知重组）。其中包括质疑知觉协调是否是关键时期现象的工作。还提出了经验如何指导语音感知发展的潜在学习机制，以及语音感知和单词学习之间关系的研究。