The first steps in word learning are easier when the shoes fit: Comparing monolingual and bilingual infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-243

  Mattock, Karen ^a   Polka, Linda ^b   Rvachew, Susan ^b   Krehm, Madelaine ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 72249112970     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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