The development of English vowel perception in monolingual and bilingual infants: Neurophysiological correlates

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-545

  Shafer, Valerie L ^a   Yu, Yan H ^a   Datta, Hia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 80053946226     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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