Protracted Development on Native Tone Interpretation: Evidence From Mandarin-Learning Infants’ Novel Word Learning
Studies have shown that infants from cultures with tone languages develop categorical perception of their native lexical tone before their first birthday, but few studies have explored whether, and when, they interpret the phonemic function of lexical tone in word learning. Two habituation-switch ex...
Main Authors: | Xiaobei Zheng, Yinglin Ji, Xiangzhi Meng |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01512/full |
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