How Accessible is the Lexicon in Motherese?

Bernstein Ratner, Nan; Rooney, Becky

doi:10.1075/lald.23.06ber

In:Approaches to Bootstrapping: Phonological, lexical, syntactic and neurophysiological aspects of early language acquisition
Edited by Jürgen Weissenborn and Barbara Höhle
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 23] 2001
► pp. 71–78

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How Accessible is the Lexicon in Motherese?

Nan Bernstein Ratner | The University of Maryland, College Park

Becky Rooney | The University of Maryland, College Park

Published online: 9 August 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.23.06ber

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