Statistical language learning: Mechanisms and constraints

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 110-114

  Saffran, Jenny R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Language acquisition; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919367     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01243     Document Type: Article

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