Methodological questions in studying consonant acquisition

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 937-956

  Edwards, Jan ^a   Beckman, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Phonetic transcription; Phonological acquisition; Speech articulation tests; Speech production measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONSONANT; GREECE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; WORD LIST RECALL;

HUMANS; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 57049184835     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200802330223     Document Type: Article

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