A rhythmic bias in preverbal speech segmentation

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 666-688

  Morgan, James L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030268939     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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