Infants remember the order of words in a spoken sentence

Cognitive Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-196

  Mandel, Denise R ^a   Kemler Nelson, Deborah G ^a   Jusczyk, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0030119992     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(96)90002-7     Document Type: Article

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