The Development of Word Stress Processing in French and Spanish Infants

Language Learning and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-104

  Skoruppa, Katrin ^a   Pons, Ferran ^b   Bosch, Laura ^b   Christophe, Anne ^c   Cabrol, Dominique ^d   Peperkamp, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 84871922471     PISSN: 15475441     EISSN: 15473341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2012.693881     Document Type: Article

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