How children learn to organize their speech gestures: Further evidence from fricative-vowel syllables

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 379-389

  Nittrouer, Susan ^a   Studdert Kennedy, Michael ^b   Neely, Stephen T ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulatory organization; Speech development; Vocal tract geometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030124131     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3902.379     Document Type: Article

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