Chapter 1. Introduction

An overview of research on prosodic development

Pilar Prieto | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)/Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Translation and Language Sciences

Núria Esteve-Gibert | Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LPL UMR 7309/Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Translation and Language Sciences/Universitat de Barcelona

Published online: 24 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.23.01pri

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