Spoken word recognition and lexical representation in very young children

@article{Swingley2000SpokenWR,
  title={Spoken word recognition and lexical representation in very young children},
  author={Daniel Swingley and Richard N. Aslin},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2000},
  volume={76},
  pages={147-166}
}
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