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Child-directed speech facilitates production, not comprehension, in BabyLMs

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Main Authors:	Bunzeck, Bastian, Zarrieß, Sina
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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