The role of verbal repetition in the development of infant speech preferences from 4 to 14 months of age

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-194

  McRoberts, Gerald W ^a   McDonough, Colleen ^b   Lakusta, Laura ^c  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67651033673     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802707062     Document Type: Article

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