Japanese mothers' use of specialized vocabulary in infant-directed speech: Infant-directed vocabulary in Japanese

The Origins of Language: Unraveling Evolutionary Forces

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 39-58

  Mazuka, Reiko ^a,b   Kondo, Tadahisa ^c   Hayashi, Akiko ^d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^d TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77957930975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-79102-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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