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Rhythm acquired early in life. Low-level rhythm of language acquired very early in life.3-day old babies recognize rhythm of their maternal language (Mehler et al. 1988 and Nazzi et al. 1998). Is low-level rhythm of a language a determinant factor of other, higher-level, distinctive properties of
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1. Rhythm as a determinant factor in the L2 acquisition of Phrasal Prominence Emily Nava & Maria Luisa Zubizarreta University of Southern California