The acquisition of nuclei: A longitudinal analysis of phonological vowel length in three German-speaking children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-556

  Kehoe, Margaret M ^a,b   Lleó, Conxita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTICS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONATION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0042881030     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090300566X     Document Type: Article

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