Overhearing a language during childhood

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 238-243

  Au, Terry Kit Fong ^a   Knightly, Leah M ^a   Jun, Sun Ah ^a   Oh, Janet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEARING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036583399     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00444     Document Type: Article

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