Nonlinear development of speaking rate in child-directed speech

Lingua

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 841-857

  Ko, Eon Suk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakpoint regression; Child directed speech; CHILDES database; Language development; Mean length of utterance; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861226253     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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