Children's use of the prosodic characteristics of infant-directed speech

Language and Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-80

  Weppelman, Tammy L ^a   Bostow, Angela ^a   Schiffer, Ryan ^a   Elbert Perez, Evelyn ^a   Newman, Rochelle S ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's speech production; Infant directed speech; Motherese

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037228408     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(01)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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