Does babbling sound native? Listener responses to vocalizations produced by Swedish and American 12- and 18-month-olds

Phonetica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-44

  Engstrand, Olle ^a   Williams, Karen ^a   Lacerda, Francisco ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFANT; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SPEECH; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CUES; CULTURE; HUMANS; INFANT; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041823728     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070452     Document Type: Review

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