Maternal accommodation in infant-directed speech during mother's and twin-infants' vocal interactions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 481-487

  Niwano, Katsuko ^a   Sugai, Kuniaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TWINS; VOICE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TWINS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0038507550     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.2.481     Document Type: Article

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