Age-related changes in acoustic modifications of Mandarin maternal speech to preverbal infants and five-year-old children: A longitudinal study

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 909-922

  Liu, Huei Mei ^a   Tsao, Feng Ming ^b   Kuhl, Patricia K ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349787040     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090800929X     Document Type: Article

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