Prosodic patterns in Hebrew child-directed speech

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 629-656

  Segal, Osnat ^a,b   Nir Sagiv, Bracha ^a   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a   Ravid, Dorit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 67650000152     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090800915X     Document Type: Article

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