Accommodation in mean fo during mother-infant and father-infant vocal interactions: A longitudinal case study

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 719-736

  McRoberts, Gerald W ^a   Best, Catherine T ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SPEECH;

EID: 0031283449     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500099700322X     Document Type: Article

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