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. 2020 Jun 30;63(7):2453–2467. doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00229

Table 1.

Correlation of maternal speech segmental, suprasegmental, and lexical properties.

Variable Vowel space area Vowel dispersion Speech rate Normalized median F0 Normalized F0 variability Lexical quantity Lexical diversity
Vowel space area 1.0
Vowel dispersion .05 1.0
Speech rate −.07 .22 1.0
Normalized median F0 .02 −.11 −.53** 1.0
Normalized F0 variability −.10 .30 .32 −.70*** 1.0
Lexical quantity .14 −.12 .17 .12 −.09 1.0
Lexical diversity .03 .11 .22 −.27 .09 −.43** 1.0

Note. F0 = fundamental frequency.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.