Infant directed speech in natural interaction-norwegian vowel quantity and quality

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-280

  Englund, Kjellrun T ^a   Behne, Dawn M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Face to face interaction; Infant directed speech; Norwegian; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; NORWAY; SPEECH;

ADULT; CUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORWAY; SMILING; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 20644432658     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-005-3640-7     Document Type: Article

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