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Early Stages in the Development of Speech Movements

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Precursors of Early Speech

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Abstract

During the last ten years a growing interest can be noticed in the study of early speech development. A plausible reason is the clinical and linguistic need to recognize speech communication problems at an early moment. But also from groups of scientists working on automatic speech communication systems more and more questions have been posed concerning the onset of speech. And indeed, if we are able to describe and understand the way infants start to use and elaborate the adult communication system we also might be able to use this knowledge in the development of speech producing and understanding devices.

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  1. Institute of Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Florien J. Koopmans-van Beinum & Jeannette M. van der Stelt

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  1. Department of Linguistics, University of Stockholm, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn Lindblom

  2. Department of Pediatrics, St Göran’s Children’s Hospital, S-112 81, Stockholm, Sweden

    Rolf Zetterström

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Koopmans-van Beinum, F.J., van der Stelt, J.M. (1986). Early Stages in the Development of Speech Movements. In: Lindblom, B., Zetterström, R. (eds) Precursors of Early Speech. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08023-6_4

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