Infant-directed speech: Final syllable lengthening and rate of speech

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Church, Robyn ^a   Bernhardt, Barbara ^b   Pichora Fuller, Kathy ^c   Shi, Rushen ^d  

^a BC Family Hearing Resource Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANT-DIRECTED SPEECH (IDS);

SPEECH COMMUNICATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 30744459101     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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