Word segmentation: The role of distributional cues

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 606-621

  Saffran, Jenny R ^a   Newport, Elissa L ^b   Aslin, Richard N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030209810     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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