Universality and specificity in infant-directed speech: Pitch modifications as a function of infant age and sex in a tonal and non-tonal language

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 372-392

  Kitamura, C ^a   Thanavishuth, C ^b   Burnham, D ^a   Luksaneeyanawin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cross language; Infant directed speech; Language development; Pitch prosody; Tonal language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTIMACY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 0035906355     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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