Why is prosody in speech-language pathology so difficult

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-271

  Peppé, Sue J E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Intonation; Prosody; Speech language pathology; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049138204     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549500902906339     Document Type: Article

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