Phonetic enhancement of sibilants in infant-directed speech

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 424-434

  Cristì, Alejandrina ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANT-DIRECTED SPEECH;

LINGUISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEWBORN; PHONETICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; LINEAR MODELS; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955216156     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3436529     Document Type: Article

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