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Best, Catherine; McRoberts, Gerald – 1989
Young infants discriminate both native and nonnative phonetic contrasts, but 10- to 12-month-olds and adults fail to discriminate some nonnative contrasts. To explain this, Best, McRoberts, and Sithole (1988) hypothesized that at the age of 10-12 months, a phonological influence begins by means of which nonnative sounds are assimilated to native…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Individual Development
