Grammar and frequency effects in the acquisition of prosodic words in European Portuguese

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-203

  Vigário, Marina ^a   Freitas, Maria João ^b   Frota, Sónia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

European Portuguese; Frequency; Language development; Phonology; Prosodic word

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749564330     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490020301     Document Type: Article

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