Stressed and word-final syllables in infant-directed speech

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-418

  Albin, Drema Dial ^a   Echols, Catharine H ^a  

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Author keywords

Infant directed speech; Language acquisition; Motherese; Word level segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040185890     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90002-8     Document Type: Article

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