The development of a phonological illusion: A cross-linguistic study with Japanese and French infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 693-699

  Mazuka, Reiko ^a,b   Cao, Yvonne ^a   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^c,d   Christophe, Anne ^c,d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959302176     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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