Influence of Mothers' Slower Speech on Their Children's Speech Rate

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 853-861

  Guitar, Barry ^a   Marchinkoski, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Parent child interaction; Slow speech; Speech rate; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0346311476     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/067)     Document Type: Article

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