The acquisition of gender marking by young German-speaking children: Evidence for learning guided by phonological regularities

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-471

  Szagun, Gisela ^a   Stumper, Barbara ^a   Sondag, Nina ^a   Franik, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34547222438     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007951     Document Type: Article

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