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Peer reviewedGrieser, DiAnne L.; Kuhl, Patricia K. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
The prosodic features of maternal speech to infants were measured quantitatively in a tonal language, Mandarin Chinese, to determine whether the features were similar to those observed in nontonal languages such as English and German. The pattern of results for Mandarin motherese was similar to that reported for other languages. (PCB)
Descriptors: Infants, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Language Styles
