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Nonsense Speech

Nonsense Speech is a linguistic phenomenon characterized by the systematic use of invented or non-referential phonological and syntactic forms by children for the purpose of creating exclusive communication within peer groups, thereby distinguishing it from other types of private or ritualized language practices.

324

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20.9K

Citations

687

Authors

307

Institutions

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2017–2026

22

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Publications

324

Spectrographic Study of Vowel Reduction

Björn Lindblom · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1963 · 878 citations

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Effect of temporal envelope smearing on speech reception

Rob Drullman, Joost Μ. Festen, R. Plomp · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1994 · 818 citations

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The shape of boubas: sound–shape correspondences in toddlers and adults

Daphne Maurer, Thanujeni Pathman, Catherine J. Mondloch · Developmental Science · 2006 · 553 citations · Full text

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The effect of position in utterance on speech segment duration in English

D. Kimbrough Oller · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1973 · 481 citations

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Children’s selective trust in native-accented speakers

Katherine D. Kinzler, Kathleen H. Corriveau, Paul L. Harris · Developmental Science · 2010 · 454 citations

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Authors

687

  1. DE
    Dawna E. Lewis

    Boys Town National Research Hospital, United States

    6 publications · 215 citations

    6

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  2. PG
    Patricia G. Stelmachowicz

    Boys Town National Research Hospital, United States

    6 publications · 246 citations

    6

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  3. BC
    Brian C. J. Moore

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 152 citations

    4

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  4. JF
    Janet F. Werker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 954 citations

    4

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  5. BM
    Brenda M. Hoover

    Boys Town National Research Hospital, United States

    4 publications · 181 citations

    4

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Institutions

307

  1. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    15 h-index

    48 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    862 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    911 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    562 citations

  5. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    808 citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  7. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    568 citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    768 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 55 publications · 5.8K citations

    34

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  2. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

    JSLHR · 21 publications · 1.7K citations

    17

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 445 citations

    11

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  4. Ear and Hearing

    10 publications · 553 citations

    10

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  5. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

    8 publications · 335 citations

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