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Direct linkPolka, Linda; Sundara, Megha – Infancy, 2012
In five experiments, we tested segmentation of word forms from natural speech materials by 8-month-old monolingual infants who are acquiring Canadian French or Canadian English. These two languages belong to different rhythm classes; Canadian French is syllable-timed and Canada English is stress-timed. Findings of Experiments 1, 2, and 3 show that…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Syllables, Monolingualism
