Changes in infant directed speech in the first six months

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-160

  Englund, Kjellrun ^a,b   Behne, Dawn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Infant directed speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646597295     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.445     Document Type: Article

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