Measuring Child Rhythm

Language and Speech

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-229

  Payne, Elinor ^a   Post, Brechtje ^b   Astruc, Lluïsa ^c   Prieto, Pilar ^d   del Mar Vanrell, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan; development; English; rhythm; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861778170     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830911417687     Document Type: Article

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