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Peer reviewedEilers, Rebecca E.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Discusses the possibility that early linguistic experience affects infant speech perception and that this effect may be of practical consequence in later language learning. (EKN)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli, Czech, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedMyers, James; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Examines infants' sensitivity to word units in fluent speech by inserting one-second pauses either at boundaries between successive words or between syllables within words. Results indicate that, by 11 months, infants are sensitive to word boundaries, and that this sensitivity depends on more than prosodic information or prior knowledge. (65…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Developmental Stages, English
