Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 372-384

  White, Katherine S ^a   Aslin, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954609235     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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