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Peer reviewedKehoe, Margaret; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Fundamental frequency, duration, and amplitude measures were extracted from stressed and unstressed syllables in interword and intraword comparisons. Analysis of target stress patterns revealed no difference between acoustic marking of stress by 6 adults and 22 toddlers. Findings indicate that children generally control these variables to derive…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Developmental Stages
