The prosodic (re)organization of children's early english articles

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-200

  Demuth, Katherine ^a   McCullough, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 61549126015     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008921     Document Type: Article

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