The phonological mean length of utterance: Methodological challenges from a crosslinguistic perspective

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-190

  Saaristo Helin, Katri ^a,c   Savinainen Makkonen, Tuula ^a   Kunnari, Sari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Department of Speech Sciences ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33344473587     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007294     Document Type: Review

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