Segmentation of spoken words into syllables by English-speaking children as compared to adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-238

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Bowey, Judith A ^b   Bourassa, Derrick ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Phonology; Sonority; Spelling; Syllabification; Syllables; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036835240     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(02)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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