Theme 1. Development
AIRS will address Theme 1. Development of Singing from the perspective of individual, cultural, and universal influences, examining
Acquisition of Singing:
Determining through cross-cultural and longitudinal research, the universal, culture specific and idiosyncratic aspects of the development of singing.
and
Singing and Speaking Comparisons:
Defining the features that distinguish singing and speech acquisition so as to advance linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, music and education.