Learning to Segment Speech Using Multiple Cues: A Connectionist Model

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 221-268

  Christiansen, Morten H ^a   Allen, Joseph ^b   Seidenberg, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032394950     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909698386528     Document Type: Article

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