Variability in the learning of complex morphophonology

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 807-831

  Ettlinger, Marc ^a   Bradlow, Ann R ^a   Wong, Patrick C M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84902104068     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716412000586     Document Type: Article

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