Using speech sounds to guide word learning: The case of bilingual infants

Author(s): Fennell, Christopher T.; Byers-Heinlein, Krista; Werker, Janet F.;
Date Issued: September/October 2007
Publisher(s): Blackwell Publishing
Description: An investigation of the relationship between speech perception and word learning based on two experiments with bilingual infants between the ages of 14 and 20 months
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Funder(s): Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ; Human Frontiers Science Program
Journal Title: Child Development
Volume Number: 78
Issue Number: 5
Page Range: 1510-1525
Topics: Children & Child Development > Special Needs Children & Special Child Populations > Native Language

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > Infant & Toddler
Country: Canada
ISSN: 0009-3920 Paper
1467-8624 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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