Precursors to natural grammar learning: preliminary evidence from 4-month-old infants.

When learning a new language, grammar--although difficult--is very important, as grammatical rules determine the relations between the words in a sentence. There is evidence that very young infants can detect rules determining the relation between neighbouring syllables in short syllable sequences....

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Main Authors: Angela D Friederici, Jutta L Mueller, Regine Oberecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21445341/pdf/?tool=EBI