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Frequency effects in phonological acquisition*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2015

JAN EDWARDS
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin, Madison
MARY E. BECKMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus
BENJAMIN MUNSON
Affiliation:
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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This work was supported in part by NIH grant R01 DC02932 to Jan Edwards, Mary E. Beckman, and Benjamin Munson, by NSF grant BCS0729140 to Jan Edwards, by NSF grant BCS0729306 to Mary E. Beckman, by NSF grant BCS0729277 to Benjamin Munson, and by NICHD Grant P30-HD03352 to the Waisman Center.

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