Intonational phrase structure processing at different stages of syntax acquisition: ERP studies in 2-, 3-, and 6-year-old children

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 786-798

  Männel, Claudia ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79959303401     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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