A Statistical Basis for Speech Sound Discrimination

Language and Speech

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 155-182

  Anderson, Jennifer L ^a   Morgan, James L ^a   White, Katherine S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant speech perception; Non native contrasts; Phoneme discrimination; Phonological categories; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347020598     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309030460020601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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