Metrical effects on speech movements in children and adults.
The present study investigates motor processes underlying the production of iambic and trochaic metrical forms for children and adults. Lower lip movement was recorded while 16 children between the ages of 3;10 and 4;9 (years; months) and 8 adults produced iambic (e.g., {pĐ'p‸p}) and trochaic (e.g.,...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 1003 - 1016 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
August 1999
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