Speech rates of New Zealand English- and American English-speaking children

Advances in Speech Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Robb, Michael P ^a   Gillon, Gail T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Children; New Zealand English; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248664087     PISSN: 14417049     EISSN: 17429528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040601013695     Document Type: Article

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