Distributional regularity and phonotactic constraints are useful for segmentation

Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 93-125

  Brent, Michael R ^a   Cartwright, Timothy A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0030256302     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(96)00719-6     Document Type: Article

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