Understanding expressive speech acts: The role of prosody and situational context in french-speaking 5- to 9-year-olds

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1629-1641

  Aguert, Marc ^a   Laval, Virginie ^a,b   Le Bigot, Ludovic ^a   Bernicot, Josie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Expressive speech acts; Prosody; Situational context; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650437269     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/08-0078)     Document Type: Article

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