Speech patterns of children and adults elicited via a picture-naming task: An acoustic study

Speech Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-285

  Whiteside, S P ^a   Hodgson, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Stanley Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

PICTURE NAMING TASKS; SPEECH PATTERNS;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034318848     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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