The changing status of 'filler syllables' on the way to grammatical morphemes

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 461-500

  Veneziano, Edy ^a   Sinclair, Hermine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NONE

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ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034294706     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090000427X     Document Type: Article

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