The ontogeny of early language discrimination: Beyond rhythm

Infants can discriminate languages that belong to different rhythmic classes at birth. The ability to perform within-class discrimination emerges around the fifth month of life. The cues that infants use to discriminate between prosodically close languages remain elusive. Segmental information could...

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Main Authors: Sebastian-Galles, N. (Author), Zacharaki, K. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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