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Direct linkShi, Rushen; Lepage, Melanie – Developmental Science, 2008
This study examines the role of functional morphemes in the earliest stage of lexical development. Recent research showed that prelinguistic infants can perceive functional morphemes. We inquire whether infants use frequent functors to segment potential word forms. French-learning 8-month-olds were familiarized to two utterance types: a novel noun…
Descriptors: Nouns, Morphemes, Infants, Language Acquisition
