Speech to infants as hyperspeech: Knowledge-driven processes in early word recognition

Phonetica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 242-254

  Fernald, Anne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0034166211     PISSN: 00318388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028477     Document Type: Article

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