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This paper links the view that speech perception capacities develop as a result of innately guided learning processes to earlier conceptions in the language learning literature concerning a Language Acquisition Device (LAD). Consistent with this view, several recent studies demonstrating that infants acquire considerable knowledge about the sound structure of their native language during the first year of life are reviewed. Some implications of considering an LAD as a link between developing speech perception and production capacities are discussed.
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Jusczyk, P.W. (1993). Sometimes it Pays to Look Back Before You Leap Ahead. In: de Boysson-Bardies, B., de Schonen, S., Jusczyk, P., McNeilage, P., Morton, J. (eds) Developmental Neurocognition: Speech and Face Processing in the First Year of Life. NATO ASI Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8234-6_19
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