Lip movement exaggerations during infant-directed speech

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1529-1542

  Green, Jordan R ^a   Nip, Ignatius S B ^b   Wilson, Erin M ^c   Mefferd, Antje S ^d   Yunusova, Yana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facial movement; Infant directed speech; Lip movement; Motion capture; Speech development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LIP; MALE; MOTHER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SPEECH; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LIP; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MOVEMENT; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650432077     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0005)     Document Type: Article

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