Language specific prosodic preferences during the first half year of life: evidence from German and French infants.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Infant Behavior and Development

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.03.004PMID 19427039
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