The pitch of "real" and "rhetorical" questions directed by a father to his daughter: A longitudinal case study

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 793-798

  Reissland, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant directed language; Longitudinal case study; Pitch; Yes no questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644432702     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90046-7     Document Type: Article

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