Stress pattern preference in spanish-learning infants: The role of syllable weight

Infancy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-245

  Pons, Ferran ^a   Bosch, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77956006069     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2009.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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