Integrating multiple cues in language acquisition: A computational study of early infant speech segmentation

Connectionist Models in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 347-372

  Christiansen, Morten H ^a   Curtin, Suzanne ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 68049120680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203647110     Document Type: Chapter

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