The acquisition of speech rhythm by bilingual spanish- and english-speaking 4- and 5-year-old children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 999-1014

  Bunta, Ferenc ^a,b   Ingram, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual phonology; English; Spanish; Speech rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION; ADULT; HISPANIC; LANGUAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTILINGUALISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548547066     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/070)     Document Type: Article

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