The role of stress and articulatory difficulty in children's early productions

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Hura, Susan L ^a   Echols, Catharine H ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 37849187350     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.1.165     Document Type: Article

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