Prosodic modification and vocal adjustments in mothers' speech during face-to-face interaction with their two- to four-month-old infants: A double video study

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1074-1084

  Braarud, Hanne Cecilie ^a   Stormark, Kjell Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Infant directed speech; Mother infant communication; Prosodic modification; Social contingency

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049106533     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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