Clauses are perceptual units for young infants.

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Cognition

• Publication date

  1987-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/S0010-0277(87)80002-1PMID 3677573
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