From phonetics to phonology: The emergence of first words in Italian

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-267

  Keren Portnoy, Tamar ^a   Majorano, Marinella ^b   Vihman, Marilyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 65349180159     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008933     Document Type: Article

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