Now you hear it, now you don't: Vowel devoicing in Japanese infant-directed speech

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-340

  Fais, Laurel ^a   Kajikawa, Sachiyo ^b   Amano, Shigeaki ^c   Werker, Janet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77952316567     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909009556     Document Type: Article

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