Variation within dialects: A case of Cajun/Creole influence within child SAAE and SWE

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-26

  Oetting, Janna B ^a   Garrity, April Wimberly ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialect; Ethnicity; Multicultural

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248713131     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/002)     Document Type: Article

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