Early Sensitivity to Language-Specific Spatial Categories in English and Korean

Cognitive Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-268

  Choi, Soonja ^a   McDonough, Laraine ^b   Bowerman, Melissa ^c   Mandler, Jean M ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000718117     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(99)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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