Prosodic structure in young children's Language Production

Language

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-712

  Gerken, LouAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0001032865     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/416099     Document Type: Article

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