(Non)words, (non)words, (non)words: Evidence for a protolexicon during the first year of life

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-34

  Ngon, Céline ^a   Martin, Andrew ^b   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^a   Cabrol, Dominique ^c   Dutat, Michel ^a   Peperkamp, Sharon ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CUES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871601985     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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