Early native-language recognition capacities: A study based on male-voices;El reconocimiento temprano de la lengua materna: Un estudio basado en la voz masculina

Infancia y Aprendizaje

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-213

  Bosch, Laura ^a   Cortés, Carolina ^a   Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Language discrimination; male voices; young infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064303361     PISSN: 02103702     EISSN: 15784126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021037001316920735     Document Type: Article

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