Input frequency and word truncation in child Japanese: Structural and lexical effects

Language and Speech

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-295

  Ota, Mitsuhiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early production; Input frequency; Phonological development; Truncation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749578392     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309060490020601     Document Type: Article

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