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Peer reviewedLoeb, Diane Frome; Allen, George D. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1993
Acoustic analyses, along with perceptual ratings, measured the extent to which preschoolers imitated three modeled intonation contours (declarative, interrogative, and monotone). Results indicated that five-year-old children imitated modeled contours more frequently than did three-year-old children, with between-group differences largely because…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Imitation
