Children's selective trust in native-accented speakers

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Kinzler, Katherine D ^a   Corriveau, Kathleen H ^b   Harris, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 78650154782     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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