Development of voice onset time in standard-Greek and Cypriot-Greek- speaking preschoolers

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 503-519

  Okalidou, Areti ^a   Petinou, Kakia ^b   Theodorou, Eleni ^c   Karasimou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c Center for Social Support and Preparation of the Disabled ^*

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Cypriot Greek; Phonological acquisition; Standard Greek; Voice onset time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME; VOICE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953784230     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699200903437914     Document Type: Article

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