Perception of motherese in a signed language by 6-month-old deaf infants

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 874-879

  Masataka, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 21444446255     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.5.874     Document Type: Article

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