Characteristics of the rhythmic organization of vocal babbling: Implications for an amodal linguistic rhythm

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-431

  Dolata, Jill K ^a   Davis, Barbara L ^b   MacNeilage, Peter F ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amodal rhythm; Infant vocalization; Rhythmicity; Sign language development; Speech development; Syllable timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MOUTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERIODICITY; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47849108993     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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