Whining as mother-directed speech

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 478-490

  Sokol, Rosemarie I ^a   Webster, Karen L ^a   Thompson, Nicholas S ^a   Stevens, David A ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Auditory sensitivity; Motherese; Prosody; Whining

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844434327     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.420     Document Type: Article

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