German-learning infants' ability to detect unstressed closed-class elements in continuous speech

Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-127

  Höhle, Barbara ^a   Weissenborn, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037389638     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00261     Document Type: Article

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