Early childhood language memory in the speech perception of international adoptees

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1123-1132

  Oh, Janet S ^a   Au, Terry Kit Fong ^b   Jun, Sun Ah ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650172845     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909990286     Document Type: Article

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