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The Development of Canonical Proportion as a Function of Community, Multilingualism, and Target Language's Syllable Complexity

Tey, K.J., Walker, S., Seidl, A., et al., Cristia, A.

Journal of Child Language 2026 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@article{tey2026canonical,
  title={The Development of Canonical Proportion as a Function of Community, Multilingualism, and Target Language's Syllable Complexity},
  author={Tey, Kai Jia and Walker, Sarah and Seidl, Amanda and Cristia, Alejandrina},
  journal={Journal of Child Language},
  year={2026}
}

Long-Form Recordings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Recommendations to Achieve Respectful Research

Leon, M., Meera, S.S., Fievet, A.C., Cristia, A.

Language Documentation & Conservation 2024 DOI: 10.1177/17470161231199382

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@article{leon2024longform,
  title={Long-Form Recordings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries:
         Recommendations to Achieve Respectful Research},
  author={Leon, Mathilde and Meera, Shoba S and Fievet, Anne-Caroline
          and Cristia, Alejandrina},
  journal={Language Documentation and Conservation},
  year={2024},
  doi={10.1177/17470161231199382}
}

Long-Form Recordings to Study Children's Language Input and Output in Under-Resourced Contexts

Coffey, J.R., Cristia, A.

Proceedings of LREC-COLING 2024 (RAIL Workshop) 2024 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@inproceedings{coffey2024longform,
  title={Long-Form Recordings to Study Children's Language Input and
         Output in Under-Resourced Contexts},
  author={Coffey, Joseph R. and Cristia, Alejandrina},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Resources for African
             Indigenous Languages at LREC-COLING 2024},
  year={2024}
}

Combining Observational and Experimental Approaches to Language Development in Rural Samples: Opportunities and Challenges

Cristia, A., Foushee, R., Aravena-Bravo, P., Cychosz, M., Scaff, C., Casillas, M.

Journal of Child Language 2023 DOI: 10.1017/S0305000922000617

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@article{cristia2023combining,
  title={Combining Observational and Experimental Approaches to Language
         Development in Rural Samples: Opportunities and Challenges},
  author={Cristia, Alejandrina and Foushee, Ruthe and Aravena-Bravo, Paulina
          and Cychosz, Margaret and Scaff, Camila and Casillas, Marisa},
  journal={Journal of Child Language},
  year={2023},
  doi={10.1017/S0305000922000617}
}

Vocal Input and Output Among Infants in a Multilingual Context: Evidence from Long-Form Recordings in Vanuatu

Cristia, A., Gautheron, L., Colleran, H.

Developmental Science 2023 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@article{cristia2023vanuatu,
  title={Vocal Input and Output Among Infants in a Multilingual Context:
         Evidence from Long-Form Recordings in Vanuatu},
  author={Cristia, Alejandrina and Gautheron, Lucas and Colleran, Heidi},
  journal={Developmental Science},
  pages={e13375},
  year={2023}
}

A Systematic Review Suggests Marked Differences in the Prevalence of Infant-Directed Vocalization Across Groups of Populations

Cristia, A.

Developmental Science 2022 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@article{cristia2022systematic,
  title={A Systematic Review Suggests Marked Differences in the Prevalence of
         Infant-Directed Vocalization Across Groups of Populations},
  author={Cristia, Alejandrina},
  journal={Developmental Science},
  pages={e13265},
  year={2022}
}

Using Big Data from Long-Form Recordings to Study Development and Optimize Societal Impact

Cychosz, M., Cristia, A.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior 2022 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@article{cychosz2022bigdata,
  title={Using Big Data from Long-Form Recordings to Study Development
         and Optimize Societal Impact},
  author={Cychosz, Margaret and Cristia, Alejandrina},
  journal={Advances in Child Development and Behavior},
  volume={62},
  pages={1--36},
  year={2022}
}

A Thorough Evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) System

Cristia, A., Lavechin, M., Scaff, C., Soderstrom, M., Rowland, C.F., Rasanen, O., Bunce, J., Bergelson, E.

Behavior Research Methods 2021 DOI: %!s(<nil>)

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@article{cristia2021lena,
  title={A Thorough Evaluation of the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) System},
  author={Cristia, Alejandrina and Lavechin, Marvin and Scaff, Camila and
          Soderstrom, Melanie and Rowland, Caroline F. and Rasanen, Okko
          and Bunce, John and Bergelson, Elika},
  journal={Behavior Research Methods},
  volume={53},
  pages={467--486},
  year={2021}
}

Conference Presentations

LFRAZ – Longform Recordings from A to Z

École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 16–19 June 2025

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LFRIS – Longform Recordings Interdisciplinary Summit

École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 19–20 June 2025

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