Intonation development from five to thirteen

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 749-778

  Wells, Bill ^a,c   Peppé, Sue ^b,c   Goulandris, Nata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONDON; MALE; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 11144326296     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090400652X     Document Type: Article

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