Modeling the development of pronunciation in infant speech acquisition

Motor Control

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-117

  Howard, Ian S ^a   Messum, Piers ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correspondence problem; Infant speech development; Interaction; Pronunciation; Reformulations; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951863566     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.15.1.85     Document Type: Review

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