Bootstrapping lexical acquisition: The role of prosodic structure

Linguistic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 383-412

  Christophe, Anne ^a   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 84937279082     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/tlir.1996.13.3-4.383     Document Type: Article

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